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."
An open access article published in the journal Reproductive Health Matters, on persistence of human rights violations despite rhetorics of change and inclusion.
Morgan Carpenter was invited to speak on a panel on the international intersex human rights movement, presented at the conference Creating Change in Chicago, USA. Watch the session here.
A speech given on intersex and ageing to a local NSW audience on Monday 2 February by Morgan Carpenter. It follows the 2012 publication of an intersex-inclusive national strategy for LGBTI ageing and aged care. A massive subsequent shift in terminology from LGBT to LGBTI hasn't been matched by an increase in understanding or action.
We're delighted that Morgan Carpenter spoke on intersex health and human rights at the LGBTI Human Rights in the Commonwealth event in Glasgow, Scotland on 18 July, at the kind invitation of the Equality Network and Kaleidoscope Trust.
Morgan Carpenter spoke at The Mental Health Services Conference in Perth this August, as part of an intersectional symposium entitled Diversity & power in mental health services, Addressing structural violence.
Morgan Carpenter was a plenary speaker at Courageous Voices, the LGBTI Mental Health Conference 2014. The event was held on 26-27 June at the Pullman Sydney Hyde Park Hotel, 36 College Street in Sydney.
Morgan was interviewed by John Safran and Father Bob on Sunday Night Safran last Sunday night, on the subject of "secrets". The interview is from 1:04:30 to 1:15:20.
Morgan has an opinion piece on the ABC's opinion pages, The Drum, this afternoon: "We must put an end to normalising surgery" on intersex infants and children.
Listen to the plenary presentation on intersex health by Morgan Carpenter to Health in Difference, the major Australian conference on the health needs of LGBTI peoples organised by the National LGBTI Health Alliance.
In a new and freely accessible joint paper in the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Katrina Karkazis and Morgan Carpenter detail the choices and harms involved in unnecessary regulations affecting the participation of some women with intersex variations in elite sport.
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