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OII Australia’s response to Dr Alice Dreger’s article on passports, the X sex designation, intersex and trans in the Bioethics Forum

14 October 2011

DR Dreger misapprehends much in the decision by the Australian government to allow people of unspecified sex the right to have X on their passport. I take her points each in turn. Intersex, sex and gender Sex and gender are indeed conflated in this decision as they are in all of Australian legislation and much [...]

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The Independent Florida Alligator: Ingredient in hand wash may cause defects

29 November 2010

A new study by a team of researchers from UF suggests that a common antibacterial agent could cause birth defects. … The chemical triclosan is used in many common antibacterial hand washes, lotions and toothpaste, said Dr. Deborah Edgeworth, a gynecologist and obstetrician who’s familiar with the study. “We don’t need to be alarmist, but [...]

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Saturday Nation: Intersex convict seeking release to wait longer as ruling put off

20 November 2010

JUDGMENT has been deferred in a case in which an intersex convict is seeking legal recognition and release from jail. … Muasya, who was born with both male and female genitals, but passes off as a man, says he has been unable to get a birth certificate and, as a result, cannot achieve his academic [...]

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YouTube.com: Penn & Teller Bullshit: Circumcision 2/2

20 November 2010

CIRCUMCISION as a baby, is f**king bullsh*t. If you seriously want to mutilate the penis of your baby, you are one sick person. …

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International Transgender Day of Remembrance, Saturday 20th November 2010

20 November 2010

THE Transgender Day of Remembrance was set aside to memorialize those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. The event is held in November to honor Rita Hester, whose murder on November 28th, 1998 kicked off the “Remembering Our Dead” web project and a San Francisco candlelight vigil in 1999. Rita Hester’s murder [...]

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theage.com.au: Judge allows parents to have boys castrated

17 November 2010

TWO little boys will have their testes removed after a court allowed their parents to authorise the procedure to prevent them developing potentially fatal cancers. The boys, aged 18 months and three years, have been diagnosed with Denys-Drash syndrome, which is so rare they are thought to be the only two people in Australia who [...]

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iPetition: Petition Ken Zucker’s Invitation as a Keynote Speaker to the DCP Conference 2010

13 November 2010

THE Division of Clinical Psychology has invited Professor Ken Zucker from Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) as a keynote for their annual conference in December 2010 (www.dcpconference.co.uk). Professor Zucker is considered an authoritative figure in the controversial diagnosis and ‘treatment’ of children with ‘Gender Identity Disorder’ (Hill et al. 2005). Professor Zucker [...]

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The [Yogyakarta] Principles in Action: Activist’s Guide

10 November 2010

THIS guide will allow those working in the area of sexual orientation and gender identity to determine how other activists have used the Yogyakarta Principles to further their work. … External link: ARC International Editorial comment: NO intersex people were present at the meeting that formulated the Yogyakarta Principles. On the evidence contained within the [...]

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Essence.com: Desmond Tutu: ‘Hate Has No Place in God’s House’

8 November 2010

TODAY I pray for people in Africa and throughout the world who long for freedom because they are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. It grieves me to be retiring at this crucial moment in history, so I write to you in this open letter, to invite you to pick up the work that remains to [...]

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Telegraph.co.uk: European Commission spent £124,000 on gay activists’ conference

6 November 2010

AS European leaders grapple with budget pressures, one arm of the European Union is continuing to party. The European Commission has spent £124,000 on a five day conference for 200 homosexual, bisexual, transgender and “intersex” activists. The event, which culminates this weekend in The Hague, featured a series of workshops which were condemned as “politically [...]

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Stu Maddox: Gen Silent

6 November 2010

GAY, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender older people who fought the first battles for equality now face so much fear about discrimination, bullying and abuse that many are hiding their lives to survive. Thousands are dying earlier than their straight counterparts because they are isolated and afraid to ask for help. But a growing number of [...]

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dailyemerald.com: University professor sheds light on closeted intersex controversy

3 November 2010

SECRECY, shame and unethical experimentation are a few of the key issues that have historically surrounded intersex. Elizabeth Reis, a University history and gender studies professor, discussed the controversies and history of intersex in the U.S. at a lecture in light of the University Women’s Center hosting Intersex Awareness Week. Intersex is defined as “an [...]

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