Statement on Sen. Claire Chandler’s private member’s bill
A statement in response to PM Scott Morrison’s comments on Senator Claire Chandler’s private members bill proposing amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act 1984.
Data collection (page 2 of 4)
For an introduction to data collection issues, see our page on including intersex in forms and our page on researching intersex populations
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’).
Intersex studies email list
Join the intersex studies mailing list on this page Already a member? access the group here We announce a new interdisciplinary intersex studies email list. In recent years, intersex studies has begun to develop as an interdisciplinary field, with conferences at: University of Surrey (2016) University of Bologna (2018) University of Lincoln (2019) Dublin City…
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Joint statement on the 2021 Census
Intersex Human Rights Australia and the National LGBTI Health Alliance issue this statement following news reports on the 2021 Census.
Response to the Victorian paper on the health and wellbeing of people with intersex variations
This paper is a formal response to the Health and wellbeing of people with intersex variations Information and resource paper published by the Department of Health & Human Services in Victoria earlier this year
Submission to the AHRC on protecting rights in medical settings
We are pleased to share our submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission on protecting the human rights of people born with variations in sex characteristics in the context of medical interventions. It is kindly endorsed by the AIS Support Group Australia, Disabled People’s Organisations Australia, LGBTI Legal Service and People with Disability Australia.
My Health Records
The implementation of the government’s national My Health Records scheme for digital health records raises many ethical issues.
Submission to the ABS on sex and gender classifications
IHRA has made a submission to the Australian Bureau of Statistics on the sex and gender standards in relation to the 2021 Census, and on collecting information on people with intersex variations.
Gaslighting in Victoria
We respond to quiet changes to text in a policy document published by the Department of Health and Human Services, without accompanying evidence of necessary change to actual practice.
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.
Demographics
The intersex population is far more diverse than commonly understood. This page presents details based on a 2015 independent Australian sociological survey.
New publication “Intersex: Stories and Statistics from Australia”
We announce that the 2015 survey of people born with atypical sex characteristics has now been published. This survey was an independent research project led by Dr Tiffany Jones.