Intersex Awareness Day 2023
Read our round-up of actions and events taking place to mark Intersex Awareness Day 2023 around Australia.
Author: Cody Smith
Workshops with Dr Gávi Ansara: intersex-centred sex therapy and relationships
Coming up on 29 and 30 October we are pleased to support two workshops with friend of IHRA Dr Gávi Ansara, as part of our program of events between Intersex Awareness Day and Intersex Day of Solidarity.
Intersex Awareness Day 2023 Webinar – Introducing Interlink
We are pleased to announce our Intersex Awareness Day webinar for 2023! Get your tickets by donation here.
Give Out Day 2023
According to recent Australian research, registered “LGBTIQ+ organisations receive just 5 cents out of every $100 received by Australian charities”. Resourcing for intersex-led and intersex-focused work is a fraction of that fraction.
Call for IHRA Board Members
Are you a person who is active in human rights and/or advocacy for people with innate variations of sex characteristics? Would you be interested in joining a national Board to help make further progress in Australia and internationally?
Vote Yes to the Voice
Intersex Human Rights Australia unanimously supports the establishment of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice in this year’s referendum. We encourage anyone who meaningfully engages with human rights issues to vote yes in the referendum on 14 October.
Welcoming Natalie Hamam!
We’re pleased to announce that the IHRA family has grown again with the addition of Natalie Hamam, an occupational therapist who lives on Wiradjuri Country, Albury NSW. Nat joins Bonnie as part of the Interlink team, adding capacity for more groupwork sessions as well as individual counseling.
10 years of the intersex flag!
Ten years ago today, this site publicly introduced the intersex flag to the world for the first time. The design by Morgan Carpenter incorporated colours in yellow and purple, unassociated with gender.
ACT legislation: Media wrap up and thanks
ACT Legislation media wrap up and thank you to the community that helped us get here.
Legislation to protect intersex human rights in the ACT passed!
Today, and with cross-party support, the ACT Assembly has passed legislation introduced by Andrew Barr in March to protect the human rights of people with innate variations of sex characteristics in medical settings.
IDAHOBIT Day 2023
Our statement on this day in 2023.
Centring Intersex – conference webinar
A bonus webinar from February this year, IHRA teamed up with Intersex Aotearoa and YOUth&I to talk about advocacy in the region and the personal cost of storytelling.