Third party reports and briefings (page 1 of 7)

Third party reports and briefings on issues affecting people with innate variations of sex characteristics.

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The State of Intersex Organising report, 2024

The third edition of “The State of Intersex Organizing” has been released today. It identifies significant gaps in funding and resources, with an impact on the work of the intersex movement.

Text reads "New Journal Article by Dr Morgan Carpenter published in the American Journal of Bioethics asks the questions: Is It Ever OK to Reclassify Someone Out of Their Birth-Observed Sex Without Personal Consent? How Do We Manage Competing Methods of Classifying Sex?" There are two images- 1. Current cover of The American Journal of Bioethics- black with a white line drawing of a hand switching on a lamp. 2. Picture of Dr Morgan Carpenter speaking at a microphone. He has short brown hair and wears a white shirt, light brown jacket and glasses.

Revisiting Sex Classification in Athletics: Insights from Dr. Morgan Carpenter

In this article in the American Journal of Bioethics, Dr Carpenter asks if it is ever acceptable to reclassify someone out of their sex determined and classified at birth without their consent. He proposes that women athletes should always be able to compete, without preconditions, in their birth-observed, birth-assigned sex.

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Health and wellbeing

An introduction to the health and well-being of people with innate variations of sex characteristics, with links to third party resources published by the Australian Human Rights Commission and clinical bodies.

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ABS Sex, Gender, Variations of Sex Characteristics and Sexual Orientation Standard

We welcome publication of a new Sex, Gender, Variations of Sex Characteristics and Sexual Orientation Standard by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. This replaces an earlier Sex and Gender Standard. The new Standard facilitates the meaningful and respectful collection of data on people with intersex variations (‘variations of sex characteristics’).