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From Pakistan to the USA and the International Olympics Committee, Intersex People are Treated as Less or Other than Human

11 March 2010

Author:
Bhakti Ananda Goswami, board member, OII
“Some sociologists and legal experts have suggested that eligibility for new ID cards or other benefits might require a physical exam and test to see how claimants urinate.”
This ’suggestion’ by “sociologists and legal experts” is appalling in its anti-scientific ignorance. Objective scientists and biologists know that human beings cannot be [...] Read more »

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Los Angeles Times: A small victory for Pakistan’s transgenders

11 March 2010

The nation’s hijra community – mostly eunuchs and hermaphrodites – has long lived on the margins in the Muslim nation, barely tolerated and more often abused. A new ruling gives its members some rights. …
The court decision to bolster transgender rights, however, has raised questions of what it means to be a hijra. The term [...] Read more »

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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 [...] Read more »

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allAfrica.com: Criminalising Homosexuality – a Threat to Human Rights

7 March 2010

Urgency Required: Gay and Lesbian Rights are Human Rights is an admirable and timely project in the form of a book, through which the authors provide a comprehensive exploration of the state of LGBT rights worldwide. The book takes as it’s reference point the 2006 Yogyarkarta Principles, the premise of which is that gay and [...] Read more »

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Sydney International Women’s Day March, Saturday 6th March

6 March 2010
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The Nation: The parts of a woman

6 March 2010

Society defines womanhood and decides who fits the role, but the question is how. Is being born with female genitalia requisite? Nature won’t be so easily categorised, and people are born with the genitals of both sexes, or neither, more often than you might think. Read more »

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The Grapevine Online: BT furthers commitment to equality with launch of new website

2 March 2010

Telecoms giant BT has launched a new website to provide lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people with essential business travel information. The firm has teamed up with the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) to provide information on policies, laws and resources across the globe. Read more »

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OII Petition to International Olympic Committe regarding Intersex Athletes

25 February 2010

We, the undersigned, support the members of the Organisation Intersex International, in their demands that:

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) abandon its demands that female athletes with intersex variations have their variations diagnosed and treated.
The IOC allow the above mentioned athletes, known as intersex women, to compete as females without having to undergo diagnosis or “treatment.”
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Dr Maria New directed the recent DSD conference in Florida

23 February 2010

Dr Maria New, who has been experimenting on unborn 46, XX CAH babies with the dangerous drug dexamethasone aka dex, was one of two course directors of the 2nd World Conference, Hormonal and Genetic Basis of Sexual Differentiation Disorders and Hot Topics in Endocrinology.
This conference was the one where doctors made their pronouncement that the [...] Read more »

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Organisation Intersex International Australia’s Position Statement: DSM-V Draft, February 2010

16 February 2010

The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is currently rewriting the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM). This will be its fifth full revision. http://www.dsm5.org/Pages/Default.aspx
The DSM sets out the diagnostic criteria for all mental illness recognized by the APA.
Countries outside America use the DSM widely. Australia is one such country. Australian psychiatrists contribute to the DSM and use [...] Read more »

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BBC News: Gender testing in sport: A case for treatment?

16 February 2010

“At the elite level, athletes who have unique abilities tend to possess physical characteristics that are advantageous in their particular sport. For example, being tall in basketball and petite-size with delayed sexual development in gymnastics, these athletes tend to be very successful,” says Professor Myron Genel, a paediatrician and specialist in Disorders of Sex Development [...] Read more »

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Valentine’s Day Kiss-In for Marriage Equality in Sydney’s Taylor Square

15 February 2010

OII Australia attended the Community Action Against Homophobia’s (CAAH) Valentine’s Day protest for marriage equality.

OII Australia supports same sex marriage and more. Intersex bodies show the lie in the ideals of sex and gender binaries and in the notion that if marriage rights are extended to gay and lesbian couples then all people will have [...] Read more »

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