Border Challenges and Solidarity
For those travelling to the US, it’s crucial to dedicate extra time to ensure your documents are accurate and in order. Proceed with caution to minimise potential difficulties.
Travel
Articles about travel-related issues for intersex people.
Darlington Statement
The Darlington Statement is a joint consensus statement by Australian and Aotearoa/New Zealand intersex organisations and independent advocates, agreed in March 2017. It sets out the priorities and calls to action by the intersex human rights movement in our countries.
We welcome new federal guidelines on sex and gender recognition
Our response to publication of the federal guidelines on recognition of sex and gender.
Ten years of ‘X’ passports, and no protection from discrimination
Read about bodily integrity, and eliminating harmful practices Read about eugenics, prenatal screening and elimination Read about discrimination, and stigma Read about identification documents, sex and gender Important note: this paper should not be regarded as a guide to our current policy on identification documents. Our approaches have been informed by community-building and evidence-building, and…
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Gina Wilson responds to Dr Alice Dreger’s article on passports, the X sex designation, intersex and trans in the Bioethics Forum
Dr Alice Dreger misapprehends much in the decision by the Australian government to allow people of unspecified sex the right to have X on their passport. Intersex, sex and gender Sex and gender are indeed conflated in this decision as they are in all of Australian legislation and much of British, European and American law….
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Major reform to Australian passport law
Intersex and gender diverse Australians can now easily apply for passports containing F, M or X in the sex field of their passports.
Sydney Morning Herald on the recognition of non-specific gender
The Sydney Morning Herald yesterday carried a story by Steve Dow on Norrie’s campaign for “legal recognition as a person of no specified sex”. Born male and transitioned to female, before choosing a middle path, the article presents Norrie’s personal journey. OII Australia believes that anyone should be able to choose a “not specified” sex…
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Department of Health & Ageing Response to Morgan’s Enquiries about Testosterone for Intersex
The Department of Health & Ageing has responded to Morgan Carpenter’s enquiries about testosterone for intersex men.
Signs of reform in the Australian Passport Office
We are pleased to report that the Australian Passport Office, in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, has made first steps in reforming its practices in relation to what it calls ‘sex and gender diverse’ people. We thank them for this. It should be noted, though that DFAT’s new position is essentially a return…
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