OII Australia President Gina Wilson at Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras 2010
Gina Wilson, president of OII Australia, participated in this year’s Sydney Mardi Gras parade, marching with the Inner City Legal Centre float. Photo: Morgan Carpenter.
Events (page 15 of 15)
Events on, or including, issues relevant to intersex people. Includes Intersex Awareness Day, conferences, research studies, community consultation and forums. Browse speeches made by IHRA directors, with transcript, video or audio content.
At the Wear It With Pride Launch
OII Australia was invited to attend the Wear It With Pride launch on the Opera House forecourt recently. Wear It With Pride celebrates the changing of 85 pieces of legislation that previously discriminated against same sex couples. The Federal Attorney General introduced these changes following the same sex enquiry conducted by the Australian Human Rights…
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Gina Wilson’s speech to the marriage equality rally, Sydney Town Hall, 28 November 2009
On behalf of Organization Intersex International Australia… I am here today to support marriage equality. Let me tell you how that seems from an intersex perspective. Intersex people are people who are born with physical differences of sex, differences that challenge the notion of what it is to be male or female, man or woman….
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The 2009 Costello Lecture, by Diana Bryant, Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia
The Hon. Diana Bryant, Chief Justice, Family Court of Australia, gave the Costello Lecture, on Thursday 23 July 2009, talking about medical treatment on children. 2009 COSTELLO LECTURE Thursday 23 July 2009 IT’S MY BODY, ISN’T IT? CHILDREN, MEDICAL TREATMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS Diana Bryant, Chief Justice, Family Court of Australia Introduction I am pleased…
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Gina Wilson’s speech to the Equal Love Rally, Canberra, 7 November 2009
Friends, I am here today to support marriage equality. Let me tell you how that seems from an intersex perspective. First, a quick explanation of intersex. Intersex people are individuals who do not fit common perceptions of maleness and femaleness. Intersex people are individuals who have genetic, hormonal, congenital and other differences that might be…
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Intersex Solidarity Day, Sunday 8th November, marking the birth of Herculine Barbin
Sunday 8th November is Intersex Solidarity Day and Herculine Barbin‘s Birthday. OII Australia and Organisation Intersex International would like to invite others to join us each year by commemorating November 8 as Intersex Solidarity Day. All human rights organizations, feminist allies, academics and gender specialists, as well as other groups and individuals interested in intersex…
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LGBTI outcomes from ALP National Conference
A media release by the Australian Coalition for Equality, with a commentary by OII Australia.
Andrology Australia study of XXY men in Australia
An email from Andrology Australia has been circulating, asking for men with Klinefelter Syndrome to take part in the study. We have emailed the above address asking if other people with XXY are also to be included in this study.
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