Alex David, photographed for The Australian by Glenn Hunt Thank you to Alex David and reporter Caroline Overington for this article in The Australian on 8 December 2016. It follows an earlier report by Caroline on the profoundly disturbing Family Court case Re Carla (Medical procedure). Alex’s parents arranged for surgery and raised their baby as a daughter called Catherine because, says Alex, “it was medically easier. I had gonads removed when I…
…oint new directors from Northern Territory and Tasmania. New board members Alex David Alex was born with an ambiguous sex and raised as female until age 18 at which time Alex was told of their intersex status and then realigned to male. Alex now identifies as gender neutral. In recent years, Alex has gradually been getting more involved in activism for intersex people and LGBTIQA communities in general. Alex is also currently completing studies in…
…u Can’t Ask That program on intersex. Alex David – Director Articles about Alex Alex was born with an ambiguous sex and raised as female until age 18 at which time Alex was told of their intersex status and then realigned to male. Alex now identifies as gender non-binary. In 2018, they were awarded as intersex activist of the year at Brisbane’s Queen’s Ball Awards. Alex is a member of the Queensland Government LGBTI Roundtable and studies health s…
…re information More information on the SBS website Watch on YouTube The program is also available via SBS On Demand and has since been screened again Alex David wrote a companion article for SBS, published on 7 November 2017…
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…rsity of Queensland. We are also excited to hear from new voices – such as Alex Antaras who wrote a great piece for Intersex Awareness Day for Minus18. Congratulations, Alex! I was really lucky that my first interaction with the medical system and intersex traits was a really positive one with a well-educated doctor. He was honest with me and used the right terminology, and that gave me the option of embracing my identity and connecting with other…
Alex David is one of two IHRA board members who participated in this program. Season 4 of the ABC series “You Can’t Ask That” drops into iView tonight, Wednesday 3 April, at 9.30pm, to coincide with the broadcast of the first episode. Episode 3 focuses on intersex people. It includes 8 brave and articulate people, including 2 board members of IHRA (Alex and Peter) and 6 signatories of the Darlington Statement. A subject that is still widely misun…
…h Psychology 23 (4): 967–81. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12333. Sandberg, David. 1995. ‘A Call for Clinical Research’. In Hermaphrodites With Attitude, 8–9. http://www.isna.org/files/hwa/winter1996.pdf. Schneuer, Francisco J, Jason P Bentley, Andrew J Davidson, Andrew JA Holland, Nadia Badawi, Andrew J Martin, Justin Skowno, Samantha J Lain, and Natasha Nassar. 2018. ‘The Impact of General Anesthesia on Child Development and School Performance: A…
…ch to Canberra Think Tank on LGBTIQ Inclusion by Steph Lum, 2017 Read Alex David’s article published by SBS, November 2017 → Watch Morgan Carpenter speaking at an AHRC RightsTalk, February 2017 Read Tony Briffa’s speech at the Darwin Outgames Human Rights Forum, May 2014 Read Intersex surgery disregards children’s human rights, Tony Briffa’s letter to Nature, 2004 → We continually engage in evidence-building, including through supporting independe…
…he following appointments: Morgan Carpenter and Tony Briffa are co-chairs. Alex David is secretary. Candice Cody is treasurer. More information on board members can be found on our board page. We thank everyone who participated in the AGM, and particularly thank our outgoing directors: Karin Gottschalk, a founding director of the company; Bonnie Hart, also the president of AISSGA; and Andie Hider. More information The board of OII Australia OII Au…
…Andrew J Martin, Justin Skowno, Samantha J Lain, and Natasha Nassar. 2018. ‘The Impact of General Anesthesia on Child Development and School Performance: A Population-Based Study’. Pediatric Anesthesia, April. https://doi.org/10.1111/pan.13390. [16] David, Alex. 2017. ‘“I Don’t Know If I’ll Ever Have a ‘Normal Life’ Again”’. SBS, 7 November 2017. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/insight/article/2017/11/07/i-dont-know-if-ill-ever-have-normal-life-again….
…ll as leading important improvements to our governance and legal analysis. Alex David has appeared in ABC’s You Can’t Ask That and the SBS Insight program on intersex. We give heartfelt thanks for their work and their friendship. Staff on 17 November 2019: Florin, Morgan and Tony, in Hobsons Bay We are delighted to formally welcome Dr Agli Zavros-Orr to our board, including in the role of co-chair, and to welcome Florin Douglas as a new staff me…
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