Intersex Human Rights Australia

The goal of sex assignment is to facilitate the best possible quality of life for the patient. Factors such as reproductive system development, sexual identity, sexual function, and fertility are important considerations in this regard. Although some DSD gender assignments are relatively straightforward, those with midstage genital ambiguity and unclear gonadal function represent a major…
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Three children aged thirteen, eleven and six were reassigned to a male gender role having been assigned and raised female from birth. The older two were able to participate in the decision making and, judging from this report, were already exhibiting perceived stereotypical male traits and behaviors prior to the decision being taken. The adjustment…
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OII Australia acknowledges that CAH, especially in its more severe forms, requires medical management in regard to the balancing of adrenal levels, usually throughout the lifetime of the affected individual. Adrenal management applies to both males and females and can be compared with insulin management for diabetics. However we note the disease model with alarm….
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Many intersex people have problems getting information about past medical procedures they have been subjected to. It is not unusual for medical practitioners and other self-appointed stake-holders assume complaints about the routine concealment of historical interventions are only made by activists and troublemakers. It makes the complaints easy to dismiss. This study of a significant…
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