Intersex Awareness Day, 2019
Saturday 26 October is Intersex Awareness Day 2019, and we’ve got events, posters, videos, memes and more for you to share. We’ll update this page regularly in the lead up to the day itself. #iad2019
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Intersex Awareness Day, 2018
On the 22nd anniversary of a demonstration by ‘Hermaphrodites with Attitude’ and allies outside a paediatrics conference, from which intersex advocates had been excluded, we mark the day with flag raising, parliamentary meetings, bridge lighting and a call to end forced medical interventions on intersex people.
Intersex Awareness Day, 2017
Read our round-up of events and actions to mark Intersex Awareness Day around Australia in 2017.
Intersex Awareness Day events around Australia
Intersex Awareness Day events will take place across multiple capital cities in Australia this year, including Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, and Sydney. They include music, film screenings, talks and discussions.
Parliamentary Friendship Group breakfast for Intersex Awareness Day
OII Australia was pleased to participate alongside the AIS Support Group Australia held a breakfast and panel at Australia’s federal Parliament House in Canberra on 19 October.
Intersex Awareness Day, 2016
Read our round-up of events and actions to mark Intersex Awareness Day 2016 around Australia and internationally.
United Nations for Intersex Awareness
Thanks to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, for two powerful statements issued overnight.
Morgan Carpenter’s Intersex Awareness Day talk at UTS: “Thinking outside the box”
On 26 October, Intersex Awareness Day, co-chair Morgan Carpenter gave a talk at UTS entitled “Intersex, thinking outside the box: intersex, identity, harmful practices and 20 years of activism.”
Intersex Awareness Day, 2015
OII Australia president Morgan Carpenter writes on genetics research and more developments over the last twelve months in this year’s reflection on Intersex Awareness Day.
Intersex Day project
Promoting human rights actions around Intersex Awareness Day and Intersex Day of Solidarity
UTS intersex Awareness Day event: “Intersex bodies and the societies that shape them”
Who are intersex people? What are some of the key health, cultural and human rights issues that shape intersex people and intersex bodies? An Intersex Awareness Day presentation and Q&A in the Dr Chau Chak Wing Building, by Morgan Carpenter, president of OII Australia. The event is kindly supported by UTS Equity and Diversity Unit.
Intersex Awareness Day, 2014
A statement for Intersex Awareness Day, 2014.