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Australian Human Rights Commission

Op/Ed: Stop Erasing Intersex with Yet More Acronyms like GLB(SGD)Q

9 March 2010

It has been proposed by some human rights activists that a new term be coined to encompass all varieties of diversity in sex, gender and sexual orientation. The acronym for that term is GLB(SGD)Q, standing for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual (Sex & Gender Diverse), Queer.
I am uneasy with this acronym though I understand why it [...] Read more »

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The Scavenger: Sex not specified: Australia leads the way with legal document

9 March 2010

NSW Births Deaths and Marriages then issued the ‘Sex Not Specified’ Details Recognition Certificate in accordance with recommendations made by the Australian Human Rights Commission’s 2009 report on the legal rights of sex and gender diverse people proposing a greater scope of legal recognition be used beyond male and female for certain individuals.

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At the Wear It With Pride Launch

12 February 2010

OII Australia was invited to attend the Wear It With Pride launch on the Opera House forecourt recently.
Wear It With Pride celebrates the changing of 85 pieces of legislation that previously discriminated against same sex couples.
The Federal Attorney General introduced these changes following the same sex enquiry conducted by the Australian Human Rights Commissioner [...] Read more »

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AHRC calls for new Australian Children’s Commissioner

20 November 2009

Today’s 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the perfect time to revisit the idea of establishing a national Children’s Commissioner, President of the Australian Human Rights Commission Cathy Branson QC, said today.
Ms Branson said a national Children’s Commissioner would be an important step Australia could take towards improving [...] Read more »

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Signs of Reform in the Australian Passport Office

20 July 2009

Australian governments, their rules and regulations, and state and federal legislation all have yet to come to terms with the existence and facts of intersex, despite intersex people numbering between 1:60 and 1:100 of the Australian population.
We are pleased to note when they make an effort to begin to understand though, and hope that [...] Read more »

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AHRC’s Discussion Paper ‘Surgery on intersex infants and human rights’

10 July 2009

The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has released a discussion paper titled Surgery on intersex infants and human rights.
It is available for download at http://humanrights.gov.au/genderdiversity/surgery_intersex_infants2009.html. Read more »

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AHRC Responds to ACE Galaxy Poll

1 July 2009

The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has just released a media report in response to the Galaxy Poll commissioned by the Australian Coalition for Equality (ACE).

Sexual orientation and gender identity: national poll shows support for new anti-discrimination laws
Human Rights Commissioner, Graeme Innes, today welcomed the results of a new national poll that found Australians support [...] Read more »

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Commission makes recommendation for an Australian Human Rights Act

16 June 2009

Tuesday, 16 June 2009
The Australian Human Rights Commission has lodged its submission to the National Human Rights Consultation, formalising its key recommendation that the Australian Parliament should enact a national Human Rights Act.
Commission President, Catherine Branson QC said, “Australia needs a system of government which makes sure that all people, no matter who they are, [...] Read more »

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Organisation Intersex International Australia’s Submission to the National Human Rights Consultation

15 June 2009

15 June 2009
Organisation Intersex International Australia’s Submission to the Australian Human Rights Consultation
Organisation intersex International (OII) is the world’s largest intersex organisation. It is the only intersex organisation that is made up of, predominantly, intersex individuals with 98% of our membership identifying as intersex.
Organisation Intersex International Australia is the Australian arm of OII.
OII has members [...] Read more »

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AHRC Releases Guide for Use in Submitting to NHRC

9 May 2009

The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has released a set of documents to aid people in making submissions to the National Human Rights Consultation (NHRC), on this page.
The documents comprise a toolkit named Let’s Talk About Rights, forms in Word .DOC and Acrobat .PDF file formats, and includes an information sheet – Human rights and [...] Read more »

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OII’s Letter in Response to AHRC’s Sex Files Concluding Paper

30 March 2009

30 March, 2009
Commissioner Graham Innes
Australian Human Rights Commission
GPO Box 5218
Sydney NSW 2110
Dear Commissioner Innes:
Thank you for the opportunity to attend the release of the Sex Files Report, the concluding paper of the sex and gender diversity project. OII appreciates the attention the AHRC has given this matter and encourages its continued consideration of intersex.
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AHRC Sex Files Concluding Paper Released

18 March 2009

The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has released Sex Files: the legal recognition of sex in documents and government records, and this paper is available for download as a PDF or Word .DOC at http://www.hreoc.gov.au/genderdiversity/sex_files2009.html. We are in the process of reading the paper right now.
Here are some items in the paper that mention intersex:

13.1 [...] Read more »

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