Media releases (page 1 of 8)

On a black background, is the image of the cover of the National Action Plan for the Health and Wellbeing of LGBTIQA+ People 2025- 2035 put out by the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care. The cover is a ribbon of varied colours including red, pink, purple, navy and light blue on a background that is pastel green, pastel orange, pastel pink and pastel blue. The logo for Interaction is also featured- a purple circle with white outline and the accompanying text “InterAction for Health and Human Rights”. Text reads: “InterAction welcomes the launch of the National Action Plan for the Health and Wellbeing of LGBTIQA+ People 2025- 2035”

InterAction for Health and Human Rights Welcomes the Launch of the National Action Plan for the Health and Wellbeing of LGBTIQA+ People

  InterAction for Health and Human Rights (previously known as Intersex Human Rights Australia) is proud to welcome the launch of the National Action Plan for the Health and Wellbeing of LGBTIQA+ People 2025-2035. This comprehensive plan marks a significant step forward in ensuring the health and wellbeing of individuals with innate variations of sex…
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Mauro Cabral Grinspan, in burgundy glasses and a black top, in front of an intersex flag

Welcoming Mauro Cabral Grinspan

IHRA is delighted to announce the appointment of Mauro Cabral Grinspan as Principal Consultant, and coordinator for a new international project aimed at dismantling human rights violations in medical settings on people with innate variations of sex characteristics.

Intersex Awareness Day 2023

On 26 October 1996, Morgan Holmes and Max Beck, were turned away from an opportunity to speak at a paediatrics conference in Boston. They had hoped to speak to address the ways they had been treated – the ways their bodies had been changed, before they were able to personally consent – as people with…
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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. The legislation will implement mechanisms to regulate non-urgent medical care to encourage child participation in medical decisions, establish groundbreaking oversight mechanisms and…
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