We welcome publication of the first annual report of the Australian Capital Territory's oversight body for medical interventions on people with innate variations of sex characteristics.
Resource reposted from The Conversation: People born with variations of sex characteristics have bodies that are a little different to social and medical expectations.
A Position Statement in response to new eligibility rules published by the IOC, by InterAction for Health and Human Rights, Equality Australia and Pride Cup.
The IOC targets transgender women, but with specific and targeted impacts also on women registered female at birth, and an impact on all people with innate variations of. sex characteristics.
Australian researcher and InterAction board director, Dr Aileen Kennedy has written this article, published in the International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics.
On 2 Dec 2025, Equality Australia launched The Missing Voice, a groundbreaking report that shines a light on the medical interventions still being performed on intersex children in Australia.
Today, the Victorian Government took a historic step toward protecting the rights of children with innate variations of sex characteristics, introducing legislation that will prevent unnecessary medical interventions without the individual’s free and informed consent.
2 Dec 2025
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