On 2 Dec 2025, Equality Australia launched The Missing Voice, a groundbreaking report that shines a light on the medical interventions still being performed on intersex children in Australia.
Join us at University of Sydney or online from 11am to 1pm AEDT on Thursday 26 February for a very special event with Dr Lih-Mei Liao. Lih-Mei is one of the world's top experts on psychosocial issues and mental health of people with innate variations of sex characteristics (also termed intersex variations or differences of sex development). The event will also feature responses from Velissa Aplin and Bonnie Hart, and be chaired by Associate Professor Morgan Carpenter.
From Friday 14 to Sunday 16 November, Intersex Peer Support Australia (IPSA) hosted the InterSpace Retreat at King Parrot Cottages and Event Centre, nestled in the spectacular Pennyroyal Valley of the Otway Ranges near the Great Ocean Road and Lorne. Surrounded by nature, the retreat offered a nurturing environment for reflection, connection, and celebration.
On a joyful evening at the Victorian Pride Centre in St Kilda, Melbourne (Naarm), Intersex Peer Support Australia (IPSA) celebrated its 40th birthday — marking four decades as the longest running intersex organisation in Australia, and possibly the world.
InterAction for Health and Human Rights invites you to join our webinar Advancing Intersex Depathologization, coordinated by Mauro Cabral Grinspan / InterAction for Health and Human Rights le invita a participar en nuestro seminario web «Promover la despatologización intersex», coordinado por Mauro Cabral Grinspan.
InterAction's Intersex Awareness Day Online Gala 2025 was a special evening filled with celebration, pride, acknowledgement and the warmth of community.
At InterAction's Intersex Awareness Day Online Gala on Sunday 26th October, the highlight of the evening's celebrations was the announcement of The Darling- the award given to ally individuals or organisations who have made a contribution beyond signing the Darlington Statement to progress the health and human rights of people with innate variations of sex characteristics in Australia. And in 2025, the award was presented to two worthy winners- Dr Thomas Drake-Brockman and Dr Jasmine Davis.
InterAction, City of Sydney and Queer Screen co-present a special free screening of new documentary "The Secret of Me". Event Cinemas, George St, Sydney, 3pm 26 October
Here's your guide to what's happening for Intersex Awareness in October 2025. We hope you find some events you would like to attend and enjoy the celebrations!
The 2025 Intersex Peer Support Australia Retreat is set for 14 - 16 November 2025 in Pennyroyal, the beautiful Otways in regional Victoria. Registrations are now open!
The inaugural Carswell Forum 2025 was held on September 19 in Brisbane aimed at fostering collaboration among community members, activists, and government representatives.
From 15–18 September, QC hosted a transformative week of professional development and community capacity building: Common Ground. InterLink and InterAction representatives attended this conference together with other passionate advocates, community leaders, and health professionals to explore the themes of belonging and justice.
29 Sep 2025
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