…ue on LGBTQIA health. The magazine contains articles on intersex people by Morgan Carpenter and Dr Jenny Beale, and a paper on health screening by Dr Kimberley Ivory. Morgan Carpenter (co-executive director of IHRA) wrote on What do intersex people need from doctors? Dr Jenny Beale provides a clinical overview of biological and human rights considerations. Dr Kimberley Ivory provides guidance in relation to screening programs. Senate Community Aff…
…company is officially incorporated. The founder members and directors are Morgan Carpenter, Karin Gottschalk, Jo Proctor, Priscilla Quirk, Chris Somers and Gina Wilson. Gina is the founding president. 12 May 2010: Michael Noble writes on representations of Klinefelter Syndrome. 22 May 2010: Gina gives a TEDx talk in Sydney. 2010: The movie Orchids, My Intersex Adventure, by AISSGA’s Phoebe and Bonnie Hart, is released. It includes segments with C…
…tersex-Related Research Must Have Direct Input from Intersex Community’ by Morgan Carpenter, in the Star Observer, 21 October 2015. → Millions of dollars of Australian research funds go towards discovery of genetic causes of intersex variations. Rationales for such research have included “psychological trauma” (University of Queensland undated), yet no public funds support intersex-led peer and family support to address this issue. Medicine and Na…
…“diligent, passionate and highly intellectual work” and Executive Director Morgan Carpenter was specifically commended for his “tireless work” by Andrew Barr, ACT Chief Minister. Morgan Carpenter, Tony Briffa and Bonnie Hart played a key role in an Australian Human Rights Commission inquiry into the health and human rights of people born with variations of sex characteristics, reporting in 2021. We have contributed to improvements to research and…
…ican Journal of Bioethics has published a new journal article by Dr Morgan Carpenter. The article raises some important questions following the 2024 Paris Olympics. Events at the 2024 Paris Olympics sadly highlight the inability of a categorical system (weight), additional to sex, to allay concerns regarding participation by athletes purported to have innate variations of sex characteristics (intersex variations/differences of sex development). In…
…our joint Executive Directors as of 1 December 2016. Both Tony Briffa and Morgan Carpenter will be contracted part time on systemic advocacy, health and human rights work for Australians with intersex traits. A key initial task will be to develop a business plan for the organisation, but we also expect both Morgan and Tony to increase our availability, our visibility and our engagement in Australia and internationally. We would like to extend our…
…tion Intersex International Australia, Eve Black, Kylie Bond, Tony Briffa, Morgan Carpenter, et al. 2017. ‘Darlington Statement’. https://darlington.org.au/statement. Asquith, Nicole L., Anneke Collison, Lisa Lewis, Kai Noonan, Eloise Layard, Guneet Kaur, Fernanda Bellei, and Erdem Yigiter. 2019. ‘Home Is Where Our Story Begins: CALD LGBTIQ+ People’s Relationships to Family’. Current Issues in Criminal Justice 31 (3): 311–32. doi:10.1080/10345329….
…have been published in its current form and it should be withdrawn. From: Morgan Carpenter Subject: RCPA Position Statement on testing of transgender and intersex persons Date: 24 May 2021 at 3:51:20 pm AEST To: [REDACTED NAME]@rcpa.edu.au Dear [REDACTED NAME] Thank you very much for returning my call just now. I am a bioethicist and a co-executive director of Intersex Human Rights Australia (IHRA). IHRA is a national intersex-led charitable comp…
…ii.org.au/31139/submission-marriage-amendment-2017/ Update: Senate hearing Morgan Carpenter participated in a Senate hearing in Canberra on 25 January, via teleconference. There are some errors in the proof version of Hansard, but the material is readable. Hansard transcripts of hearings References [1a, 1b, 1c] Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Intersex Awareness Day – Wednesday 26 October. End violence and harmful medical practice…
…tion Intersex International Australia, Eve Black, Kylie Bond, Tony Briffa, Morgan Carpenter, et al. 2017. ‘Darlington Statement’. Sydney, New South Wales. Carpenter, Morgan. 2017. ‘Submission on the Yogyakarta Principles, 10 Year Review’. Carpenter, Morgan. 2018. ‘The “Normalization” of Intersex Bodies and “Othering” of Intersex Identities in Australia’. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, May, 1–9. Carpenter, Morgan. 2018. ‘The “Normalisation” of Inte…
…eeches on intersex health and human rights take place in the Senate 2015 – Morgan Carpenter participates in the first UN expert meeting on ending human rights violations against intersex people, in Geneva 2016 – the Family Court adjudicates ‘Re: Carla (Medical procedure)’ – the judge describes prior surgeries (without court authorisation) on this preschool child with 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 3 deficiency, described as a ‘sexual development…
…was a co-executive director between December 2016 and May 2021, alongside Morgan Carpenter and is now a vice-chair. Tony is one of Australia’s first intersex advocates, appearing on 60 Minutes in 2000 and 2005, and published in Nature in 2004. Tony more recently presented a statement to the UN Human Rights Council, in 2014. She is also a councillor of Hobsons Bay in Melbourne, the first openly intersex person elected to public office and the worl…
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