Articles about travel-related issues for intersex people.
The Darlington Statement is a joint consensus statement by Australian and Aotearoa/New Zealand intersex organisations and independent advocates, agreed in March 2017. It sets out the priorities and calls to action by the intersex human rights movement in our countries.
Our response to publication of the federal guidelines on recognition of sex and gender.
Read about bodily integrity, and eliminating harmful practices Read about eugenics, prenatal screening and elimination Read about discrimination, and stigma Read about identification documents, sex and gender Important note: this paper should not be regarded as a guide to our current policy on identification documents. Our approaches have been informed by community-building and evidence-building, and…
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Dr Alice Dreger misapprehends much in the decision by the Australian government to allow people of unspecified sex the right to have X on their passport. Intersex, sex and gender Sex and gender are indeed conflated in this decision as they are in all of Australian legislation and much of British, European and American law….
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Intersex people have diverse sex classifications and gender identities. This page presents background information and guidance on how to respect the diversity of intersex lived experience.
NEW Zealand, Australia’s near-neighbour in the Pacific, does not appear to permit intersex people to choose an X for their passport. In fact, there is no mention of intersex at all in the web page and web site that was pointed out to us by a New Zealand contact. Gender ‘X’ Passports If you are…
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Intersex and gender diverse Australians can now easily apply for passports containing F, M or X in the sex field of their passports.
The Sydney Morning Herald yesterday carried a story by Steve Dow on Norrie’s campaign for “legal recognition as a person of no specified sex”. Born male and transitioned to female, before choosing a middle path, the article presents Norrie’s personal journey. OII Australia believes that anyone should be able to choose a “not specified” sex…
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Department of Health & Ageing responded to Morgan Carpenter’s enquiries about Testosterone for intersex men. Department of Health and Ageing Mr Morgan [surname removed] Dear Mr [surname removed] Thank you for your email of 15 August 2009 to the Minister for Health and Ageing, the Hon Nicola Roxon MP, concerning testosterone transdermal gel. The Minister…
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We are pleased to report that the Australian Passport Office, in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, has made first steps in reforming its practices in relation to what it calls ‘sex and gender diverse’ people. We thank them for this. It should be noted, though that DFAT’s new position is essentially a return…
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