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WHO/UN interagency statement on involuntary or coerced sterilisation

The World Health Organization, together with OHCHR, UN Women, UNAIDS, UNDP, UNFPA and UNICEF, have issued an interagency statement on Eliminating forced, coercive and otherwise involuntary sterilization. The statement covers intersex people and other stigmatised populations.
30 May 2014
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Personal Stories

Morgan Carpenter interviewed on Sunday Night Safran

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.
26 May 2014
Sunday Night Safran
Personal Stories

Movie: 'Both' by Lisset Barcellos

The movie "Both" (2005) by filmmaker Lisset Barcellos is well worth watching, and the full length movie is now available on Vimeo.
17 May 2014
Both (2005)
Briefings and Reports

Tony Briffa writes on "Disorders of Sex Development"

I've been intending to provide my thoughts on the issue of the use of the term "Disorders of Sex Development" ("DSD"), and here they are.
8 May 2014
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Briefings and Reports

Family Court case: Re Lesley (Special Medical Procedure) [2008] FamCA 1226

This 2008 case approved a troubling request for sterilisation associated with a changed sex of rearing in a 4-year old.
7 May 2014
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Briefings and Reports

Briefing on the High Court case: NSW Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages v. Norrie

Norrie and their organisational partners have a record of utilising intersex to “mess with the system”. Norrie’s legal arguments about surgically-demarcated identities are antithetical to the goals of the intersex movement.
6 May 2014
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Third-Party Resources

Intersex Solidarity Day today, 8 November

Today is Intersex Solidarity Day and Herculine Barbin's Birthday. OII Australia and Organisation Intersex International would like to invite others
6 May 2014
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Third-Party Resources

Elizabeth Reis: “Bodies in Doubt”

Recommended reading on the cultural contexts that both inform and drive western medicine's attitudes and responses to intersex bodies.
2 May 2014
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Public Submissions

Submission on the ethics of genetic selection against intersex traits

OII Australia has made a submission to the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) on the deselection of intersex traits using Assisted Reproductive Technologies.
29 Apr 2014
Third-Party Resources

Funding for intersex human rights and community development work

GATE and American Jewish World Service have published a first-ever report on funding for the intersex movement, and the transgender movement. The results are shocking for intersex community controlled organisations.
21 Apr 2014
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Third-Party Resources

Cross-party speeches on intersex health in the Australian Senate

In the Commonwealth Parliament tonight, senators from each of the three main parties gave extraordinary and powerful speeches. We heard clear recognition that the medical treatment of intersex people is a human rights issue, that intersex is not a disorder, and that intersex people must be heard.
25 Mar 2014
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Third-Party Resources

New publication: Torture in Healthcare Settings

The Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at the Washington College of Law has just published an important new book, Torture in Healthcare Settings: Reflections on the Special Rapporteur on Torture’s 2013 Thematic Report.
12 Mar 2014
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