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.
The United Nations made a historic move to protect the human rights of intersex persons, 35 civil society organisations said today, as the Human Rights Council adopted its first-ever resolution on the topic.
Social Sciences journal has published open access this perspective on the context and goals of the intersex movement in Australia, by Dr Morgan Carpenter.
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".
Congratulations to the Intersex New Interdisciplinary Approaches project and conference team for an incredible intersex studies event in Brussels, 31 Jan - 1 Feb 2024.
Ten years ago today, on 25 October 2013, a Senate Committee published a report on the ‘Involuntary or coerced sterilisation of intersex people in Australia’. This was the first parliamentary inquiry into intersex health anywhere in the world, and we celebrate it for this!
The Australian Journal of Human Rights has published this open access commentary by Morgan Carpenter on reforms to protect people with innate variations of sex characteristics from harmful medical practices in the ACT.
Today, and with cross-party support, the ACT Assembly has passed legislation introduced by Andrew Barr in March to protect the human rights of people with innate variations of sex characteristics in medical settings.
On Wednesday 22 March, the Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory will introduce legislation into the Legislative Assembly to protect the rights of people with innate variations of sex characteristics in medical settings.
Read our joint call for action in NSW by the new Minns government, by Intersex Human Rights Australia and Intersex Peer Support Australia.
17 Mar 2023
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