We are delighted to share information on a new book by Dr Aileen Kennedy, entitled "Law, Gender Identity and the Brain: Exploring Brain-Sex Theories in Judicial Decisions on Trans and Intersex Minors".
With kind permission from both author and journal, we are pleased to share a paper by Aileen Kennedy entitled "Fixed at birth: Medical and legal erasures of intersex variations", published earlier this year by the UNSW Law Journal.
Australian researcher and InterAction board director, Dr Aileen Kennedy has written this article, published in the International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics.
The Australian Capital Territory government has released a consultation draft law to protect the rights of intersex people. Aileen Kennedy, Alice de Jonge and Morgan Carpenter write about the proposal in this article republished from The Conversation.
Aileen Kennedy speaks in this webinar on how judges make decisions about the nature of sex and gender. This is the first in a regular webinar series and was recorded on 30 June 2021.
2024 has been a huge and transformative year for us. Thanks to all members, directors and staff, donors, and all our partners around the country and internationally. We look forward to continuing to collaborate in 2025.
Find out also about our opening hours over the summer holiday period.
On invitation, we have made a submission to the Legislative Assembly Committee on Community Services of the NSW Parliament on the proposed Equality Legislation Amendment (LGBTIQA+) Bill 2023.
Are you a person who is active in human rights and/or advocacy for people with innate variations of sex characteristics? Would you be interested in joining a national Board to help make further progress in Australia and internationally?
A bonus webinar from February this year, IHRA teamed up with Intersex Aotearoa and YOUth&I to talk about advocacy in the region and the personal cost of storytelling.
In December 2022, IHRA made a submission to the Senate Education and Employment References Committee in relation to its inquiry on school refusal and related matters.
Our board and staff met for a strategic planning weekend in Canberra, ACT, this last weekend, 16-17 July 2022. This was also the first time that our directors and our staff met each other in person.
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