AFP: Australia embraces new gender guidelines
Morgan Carpenter, OII Australia secretary, is quoted in this syndicated AFP article by Madeleine Coorey about the new federal guidelines for recognition of sex and gender.
Organisation Intersex International Australia welcomed the new guidelines.
But it noted that many people who were intersex, either because they have the biological attributes of both sexes or lack some of the biological attributes considered necessary to be defined as one or the other, may still identify as male or female.
“What happened yesterday was a major leap forward because it helps to ensure there is consistency in how people are treated at the federal level,” Morgan, a spokesperson for the organisation who did not want to use his surname, told AFP.
“We would rather not have to participate in these binary boxes if we don’t want to.”
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