Australian Human Rights Commission

JOY 94.9’s Rainbow Report interviews OII Australia’s Gina Wilson on why the AHRC’s The Sex Files is so bad for intersex people

16 December 2011

WHEN the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) undertook its The Sex Files consultation with Australia’s LGBTQI community, Commissioner Graeme Innes made clear that the investigation would not take into account the very real and many needs of Australia’s heavily discriminated-against intersex people. Intersex people were welcome to take part nonetheless, he said. Instead we were informed [...]

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The Terminology of Intersex

13 November 2010

THERE are two fundamental issues that must be considered when considering terminology around intersex. Scientific nomenclature: INTERSEX is a scientific term that describes all differences of sex biology within the animal kingdom that are not hermaphroditic. Terminology such as “hermaphrodite”, “pseudo-hermaphrodite”, “disorders” and “conditions” have been used in some medical literature to describe intersex differences [...]

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SSO: Intersex “Forgotten”

23 October 2010

INTERSEX advocacy group Organisation Intersex International (OII) Australia is calling for more support from the GLBT community support in advocating for the rights of intersex people. OII president Gina Wilson said it was crucial intersex issues be aired during the Australian Human Rights Commission’s sexual orientation, sex and gender identity discrimination consultation, currently underway. “It [...]

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Australian Human Rights Commission: Consultation on Protection from Discrimination on the Basis of Sexual Orientation and Sex and/or Gender Identity – Discussion questions

8 October 2010

THE Commission invites comment on the following list of questions. You should not feel limited by these questions; they are simply intended as a guide. 1. What benefit would there be in federal anti-discrimination laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and sex and/or gender identity? 2. What benefit would there be in [...]

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Australian Human Rights Commission: Consultation: Protection from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and sex and/or gender identity

6 October 2010

THE Australian Human Rights Commission is conducting a short consultation regarding federal protection from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and sex and/or gender identity. Currently federal law protects against discrimination on the basis of race, sex, disability and age. However, there is little protection in federal law, unlike in state and territory laws, [...]

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[Email] AHRC: National Human Rights Commission Consultation – Terminology

11 August 2010

Dear all Thank you very much for your contribution to the Commission’s brief consultation regarding the terminology used to describe people with a range of sex identities and gender identities. The majority of responses we received supported some means of separating issues relating to sexual orientation from those relating to sex and/or gender identity and [...]

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Australian Human Rights Commission: Taking stock of Australia’s human rights record – Submission by the Australian Human Rights Commission under the Universal Periodic Review process

16 July 2010

1 Introduction The Australian Human Rights Commission is a national human rights institution operating in conformity with the ‘Paris Principles’. In preparing this submission, the Commission has consulted human rights agencies at the state/territory level, NGOs and members of the public. …

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smh.com.au: Bring out your dead

27 April 2010

IN fairness, the idea of a bill of rights, or charter of rights, or whatever your preferred nomenclature, was never front and centre for the leadership of the Rudd government. Labor’s platform commits the party to a progressive human rights agenda and the idea of enhanced human rights protection has strong support within the Labor [...]

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The Scavenger: Attorney General tries to invalidate Norrie’s ‘sex not specified’ legal document

18 March 2010

TODAY Norrie, with the support of Sex and Gender Education (SAGE), a lobby group that campaigns for the rights of all sex and/or gender diverse people, lodged a complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC).

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[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 [...]

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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 [...]

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