The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has published an essential new background note on human rights violations against intersex people.
Ahead of the federal election on 18 May 2019, IHRA, AISSGA, Equality Australia, the National LGBTI Health Alliance, People with Disability Australia and others have identified key priorities for our populations and put questions to the major parties.
We welcome aspects of the Justice and Related Legislation (Marriage Amendments) Bill 2018, but note areas that need significant improvement to ensure effective reform.
In November 2018, we made a brief submission to the Social Policy Scrutiny Committee, Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory regarding reform of birth registration. Our submission was made in line with the Darlington Statement.
Debate about legal gender recognition in Western Australia has thankfully shifted the debate in Australia from one focused on the recognition of non-binary gender categories to one that questions the necessity of legal registration of sex and gender at all.
We are pleased to share a freely accessible peer-reviewed journal article by co-executive director Morgan Carpenter, on intersex health and human rights, and an associated book chapter.
In a new and freely accessible joint paper in the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Katrina Karkazis and Morgan Carpenter detail the choices and harms involved in unnecessary regulations affecting the participation of some women with intersex variations in elite sport.
17 Aug 2019
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