Webinar: Brain-sex binary and the law
Intersex Human Rights Australia begins a regular webinar series with this free webinar at 6pm AEST on 30 June 2021 by Aileen Kennedy: How do judges make decisions about the nature of sex and gender?
Film, TV and video (page 1 of 6)
Film, TV and video about intersex people and issues.
Intersex Awareness Day debate at the University of Sydney
On 27 October, the University of Sydney hosted a panel to mark Intersex Awareness Day featuring Higher Education staff and students with intersex variations. Speakers were Morgan Carpenter, Dr Agli Zavros-Orr and Gabriel Filpi. The event was moderated by Jack Crane.
Intersex Awareness Day, 2020
This Intersex Awareness Day, and in collaboration with community partners, we are delighted to launch new resources and programs to help ensure active allyship, affirmative healthcare and accountable practices. We also have recommendations for videos and other resources to share. We’ll update this page during the day.
Bioethicists and paediatric surgeons debate intersex medical interventions
A video-recorded debate at the 2020 Melbourne Medical Student Conference between paediatric surgeons John Hutson and Sonia Grover, and bioethicists Morgan Carpenter (IHRA) and Clare Delany.
Human Rights Council side event on intersex rights
The side event, taking place during the 44th session of the Human Rights Council, seeks to discuss human rights violations against intersex persons, unpack the mechanisms that lead to discrimination and violence of intersex persons in all spheres of life – including in sports, and discuss possible ways forward towards better and more specific protections on persons with diverse sex characteristics in the international human rights framework.
Graduation Day, a poem by Steph Lum
On 2 May, Steph Lum (editor of the YOUth&I magazine) performed the poem Graduation Day as part of Equality Australia’s Queer Love In. The event was an afternoon of performance to support LGBTI artists who have lost income due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Find community, keep social, online
Finding community is one of the best things that any person with an intersex variation can do. Thankfully, our communities exist online as much as they do face-to-face. Find out more about our regular Zoom catch-up sessions and maintain contact during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Let’s talk about intersex, animation
Thank you to Rochelle Oh for creating this exceptionally good animated introduction to intersex.
Steph Lum at Women Deliver 2019
In TEDx-style, Steph Lum (then IHRA co-chair) presents experiences of some intersex women, in personal relationships and accessing appropriate healthcare, at the Women Deliver 2019 conference in Vancouver.
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Kirby Institute lecture by Morgan Carpenter
Earlier this month, co-executive director Morgan Carpenter gave a lecture at the Kirby Institute, UNSW, on “medical and legal contradictions on the meaning and needs of intersex people”.
You Can’t Ask That
Episode 3 of season 4 of ABC’s You Can’t Ask That focuses on intersex people. Watch it in iView now.
Mardi Gras Film Festival, Sydney: world premiere of “Ponyboi”, plus “Sidney & Friends” and “Erik & Erika”
Queer Screen and IHRA are delighted to invite you to attend the world premiere of the first narrative movie created and starring an openly intersex person, River Gallo. Ponyboi is produced by Stephen Fry and Emma Thompson. The Mardi Gras Film Festival will also screen two other movies that show intersections of intersex and LGBT…
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