In this article in the American Journal of Bioethics, Dr Carpenter asks if it is ever acceptable to reclassify someone out of their sex determined and classified at birth without their consent. He proposes that women athletes should always be able to compete, without preconditions, in their birth-observed, birth-assigned sex.
The Western Australian Parliament is currently debating a Births, Deaths and Marriages Bill. Much of the debate makes erroneous assumptions about the implications for people with innate variations of sex characteristics.
Social Sciences journal has published open access this perspective on the context and goals of the intersex movement in Australia, by Dr Morgan Carpenter.
Congratulations to the Intersex New Interdisciplinary Approaches project and conference team for an incredible intersex studies event in Brussels, 31 Jan - 1 Feb 2024.
IHRA is pleased to share our call for action by the new government. It includes calls for action to promote legislative reform, resource peer support and advocacy, reform medical codes and provide redress.
A statement in response to PM Scott Morrison's comments on Senator Claire Chandler's private members bill proposing amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act 1984.
Hans Lindahl, formerly of interACT, presents here one of best discussions about how to write intersex characters in fiction. We highly commend this video, and other work by Hans.
A timeline of legal, community and other key reforms in Australian jurisdictions. This page highlights good practice and documents the history of them and other developments.
5 Dec 2025
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