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[Op/Ed] IDAHO, intersex & homophobia

8 May 2011

WITH IDAHO – International Day Against Homophobia – falling on May 17th this year, it is pertinent to remember why intersex is a part of the LGBTIQ alliance. Intersex individuals generally have a sexual orientation, however it is more likely to be perceived as heterosexual than same sex. We also have a gender identity, however [...]

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medpage TODAY: Bad Signaling Blamed for ‘Intersex’ Disorder

7 December 2010

A genetic switch in an unexpected pathway appears to hold the key to hardwiring gender either to the specifications of the chromosomes or against them, causing a so-called intersex disorder, researchers found. Mutations in MAP3K1 emerged in individuals with XY chromosomes but female physical development in two of 11 sporadic cases and both families with [...]

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lynnefeatherstone.org: Government Equality Strategy – Intersex exclusion continues

4 December 2010

THE winds of real change blow through the new Government Equality Strategy that I launched yesterday. This is no longer focused on ‘strands’ – and whilst there is certainly much to do on improving particular issues for each ‘strand’ – be that sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, ethnicity, disability, etc  (if you read this blog [...]

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Fundamental Rights Agency: Homophobia, Transphobia and Discrimination on grounds of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity 2010 Update

4 December 2010

1. Regulation of gender reassignment TERMS and concepts surrounding these issues are fluid and under continued debate and, in this sense, note should be made of the broader notion of “trans people”, which is taken to represent a wider category encompassing transsexuals and transgender people as well as those who self-identify in other ways, such [...]

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United Nations Human Rights: Human Rights Day 2010, Friday 10th December 2010

4 December 2010

THE theme for Human Rights Day 10 December 2010 is human rights defenders who act to end discrimination. Human rights defenders acting against discrimination, often at great personal risk to both themselves and their families, are being recognized and acclaimed on this day. Human rights defenders speak out against abuse and violations including discrimination, exclusion, [...]

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The Huffington Post: What’s Wrong With “Women’s Rights,” and Why the US Should Ratify CEDAW Anyway

3 December 2010

THE Senate Judiciary Committee recently debated whether the United States should ratify CEDAW, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. CEDAW guarantees a wide range of equal rights to women in areas such as employment, education and political representation. … Furthermore CEDAW’s focus on women implies that there are two [...]

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FreeEssays.cc: Intersexuality And Scripture

1 December 2010

AS a brute physical phenomenon, the bodiliness of people like us who are born intersexed challenges cherished assumptions about sex and gender made by many people within Western society. A variety of social institutions, including the dominant canons of medical practice and conceptions, much of the domain of the law itself, and some of the [...]

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news.com.au: Gay marriage: does your MP agree with you?

1 December 2010

OUR main piece shows that while most Australians are in favour, there is a wall of opposition to gay marriage running through western Sydney, one of the nation’s key election battlegrounds which both major parties must win over to win government. The results contradict the perception in Sydney that resistance on the issue is led [...]

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Marriage Equality Rally – Gina Wilson speaks

1 December 2010
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Physorg.com: Scientists identify gene linked to common birth defect in male genitalia

1 December 2010

IT was previously known that genetics play a part in developing the condition, with five percent of patients having an affected male relative, but the genes involved were unknown. This study shows for the first time that a gene inherited from the mother is likely to be important in development of the condition. Hypospadias is [...]

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Global Times: Hermaphrodite’s sad tale

1 December 2010

A 20-year-old university student from Pengshui county, Chongqing Municipality is facing a hard choice: to become a man or a woman after doctors at Southwest Hospital found that she is a hermaphrodite. Zeng Jing, who was raised as a girl, came to the hospital with her mother for examinations where Doctor Lu Gensheng found Zeng [...]

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Photographs, Marriage Equality Rally, Sydney, 27th November 2010

28 November 2010

MEMBERS of OII Australia attended the Marriage Equality Rally in the city of Sydney yesterday, Saturday 27th November. OII Australia president Gina Wilson gave a speech and we made photographs during proceedings at the Town Hall. To view the rest of the photographs, please go to the Marriage Equality Rally gallery page. The text of [...]

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