Danielle Arlanda Harris writes for The Conversation: "It is never too early to teach them about body autonomy, normalise safety, and model trustworthiness in relationships."
This children's book by Margie McCumstie (author) and Sandi D Duruet (illustrator) helps children understand that being intersex is natural and completely ok.
Australia’s Bullying No Way Week is a national movement dedicated to preventing bullying in schools, workplaces, and communities, fostering a culture of inclusion, respect, and belonging.
This week, we’re sharing resources to help you be bold, be kind, and speak up, because everyone deserves to feel safe, valued, and supported.
These InterLink resources have been created to support parents who are expecting a child with an IVSC, or have been informed that their child has been diagnosed with an IVSC. These resources aim to help overcome fears of talking about IVSC with your child or getting the information you need to best support your child and their health needs.
This fact sheet is intended primarily for parents and carers of people with intersex variations/innate variations of sex characteristics. The page opens a page in the InterLink resource hub.
This fact sheet is for the parents of people born with intersex variations/innate variations of sex characteristics and is not intended to give legal advice. The page opens a page in the InterLink resource hub.
This fact sheet is for the parents of people born with intersex variations/innate variations of sex characteristics (IVSC). It opens a page in the InterLink resource hub.
IHRA has recently made a first pre-budget submission to Treasury, proposing the funding of a health service for people with innate variations of sex characteristics.
We're excited to announce the last of our Webinar Series for 2022! Ending the year on a fun note, we have an author talk with Margie McCumstie, talking about her children's book "I am me... Naturally!"
Thanks to Simone-Lisa for this important story on parenting in Kidspot. Simone-Lisa is the Tasmanian rep and parent rep for Intersex Peer Support Australia.
Our friends at Reach Out Australia and Kids Helpline are updating their resources for intersex youth and parents of intersex youth. We have assisted in the creation of these resources and we strongly commend them.
20 Aug 2019
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