Transcript: Intersex people at a public hearing of the Senate Inquiry on involuntary sterilisation
A transcript of an intersex-focused hearing of the Senate inquiry on involuntary or coerced sterilisation, and related matters.
Speeches (page 3 of 3)
These are speeches by IHRA directors on intersex human rights issues, included where we have shareable transcript, video, audio and/or slide content. Browse a more complete listing of events by IHRA and others
Opening statement at the Senate hearing on involuntary or coerced sterilisation
The opening, scene-setting, statement by Morgan Carpenter, secretary of OII Australia, at yesterday’s hearing of the Senate Community Affairs Committee inquiry into involuntary and coerced sterilisation.
Senate hearings on the Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Bill
Gina Wilson and Morgan Carpenter had the honour of speaking to the Senate’s Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee regarding intersex provisions in the Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Bill.
Intersex: intersectionalities with lesbian and gay people
IHRA’s Morgan Carpenter wrote and presented this paper at the After ‘Homosexual’ conference in Melbourne in February 2012. The focus is on intersectionalities with same-sex attracted people.
Marriage Equality Rally, 27 November, Gina Wilson speaks
Gina Wilson speaks at the Marriage Equality rally on 27 November 2010 in Sydney.
Gina Wilson’s Speech at TEDxSydney 2010
Gina Wilson’s Speech for TEDxSydney 2010, Saturday 22 May 2010.
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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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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