Submission on the proposed Commonwealth consolidation of Anti-Discrimination legislation
Our submission on the proposed Commonwealth consolidation of Anti-Discrimination legislation.
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APEG meeting on intersex cases before the Family Court
We are gravely troubled by attempts by the Australasian Paediatric Endocrine Group to take “special medical procedures” on intersex children out of Family Court jurisdiction.
Marriage Equality Rally at ALP National Conference, Sydney, 3rd December 2011
OII Australia members were inside the ALP National Conference at Darling Harbour and were supporting the marriage equality rally outside the conference venue on Saturday December 3 2011. Intersex Australians lost the clear right to marriage when the Howard Liberal federal government amended the Marriage Act 1961, changing the definition of marriage as between two…
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An Australian intersex world first: intersex inclusion throughout Labor federal governing party policy platform reforms
OII Australia ally Rainbow Labor has welcomed changes in the Australian Labor Party policy platform that further support the LGBTI community and especially intersex people. As a result, Australia leads internationally in being intersex-inclusive. Summary of changes to the ALP platform: Commitment under Labor Values to health care and specific health care needs of GLBTI Australians (140A)…
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ABC radio station 774 ABC Melbourne’s Jon Faine interviews Hobsons Bay mayor intersex person Tony Briffa for The Conversation Hour
INTERSEX person and recently elected mayor of Victorian municipality Hobsons Bay Tony Briffa was interviewed by Jon Faine of ABC Radio’s The Conversation Hour. Tony Briffa is the first local government leader publicly known to be intersex.
JOY 94.9’s Rainbow Report interviews OII Australia’s Gina Wilson on why the AHRC’s The Sex Files is so bad for intersex people
WHEN the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) undertook its The Sex Files consultation with Australia’s LGBTQI community, Commissioner Graeme Innes made clear that the investigation would not take into account the very real and many needs of Australia’s intersex people. Intersex people were welcome to take part nonetheless, he said. Instead we were informed that The…
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United Nations Committee against Torture makes historic statement on intersex, redress for intersex genital mutilation (IGM), education and more
The UN Committee against Torture sitting in Germany from October 31 to November 25 2011 has considered a German report on torture and other abuses and has produced a groundbreaking statement on intersex and torture: Intersex people 20. The Committee takes note of the information received during the dialogue that the Ethical Council has undertaken…
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Congratulations to intersex councillor Tony Briffa, elected Mayor of Hobsons Bay, Victoria
Victorian intersex local government politician and Altona ward councillor Tony Briffa has been elected Mayor of Hobsons Bay in Victoria, in a possible world first – congratulations, Tony! More information Read in Hobsons Bay Weekly: Mayor Briffa wants to move with the times Read in the Hobsons Bay Leader: Briffa elected mayor of Hobsons Bay
ORAM second annual lecture series: The invisible refugee, intersex persecution and protection
Advocates for Informed Choice Founder and Executive Director Anne Tamar-Mattis discusses the legal, medical and survival challenges that intersex refugees encounter in their cross-border searches for safe haven.
Simon Rice of the ACT LRAC: intersex “compromised physical sexual identity”
ABC Radio National’s The Law Report broadcasted a program of direct relevance to intersex people in Australia and overseas this morning. In a feature entitled Better recognition for transgender people under the law on 8 November 2011 the program utilised pathologizing language and concepts. Damien Carrick presented; guests were Steven Penglis (Freehills Solicitors in Perth), Peter…
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Intersex Day of Remembrance tomorrow, Tuesday 8 November
The 8th November is Intersex Day of Remembrance 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 Day of Remembrance. All human rights organizations, feminist allies, academics and gender specialists, as well as other groups and individuals interested…
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Come celebrate Intersex Day of Remembrance at Court House Hotel in Newtown, Sydney, 6pm, Tuesday November 8th 2011
Members of OII Australia and our family, friends and supporters are gathering at the Court House Hotel in the inner city Sydney suburb of Newtown Tuesday evening – November 8th, Intersex Day of Remembrance and the anniversary of Adélaïde Herculine Barbin’s birthday – at 6pm. Come join us! The Court House is located at 202 Australia Street,…
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