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Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism: People with AIS dissatisfied with results of non-consensual infant genital surgery

22 November 2011

A team of medical researchers reports that intersex people subjected to intersex genital surgery as infants are dissatisfied with the results of that surgery – surgery which remains a standard treatment for intersex infants.  In a world first, the team consulted intersex people with androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS) on their surgery outcomes. The numbers are revealing: Dissatisfaction with [...]

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ORAM second annual lecture series: The Invisible Refugee: Intersex, Persecution and Protection, parts 1, 2 & 3

22 November 2011

Advocates for Informed Choice Founder and Executive Director Anne Tamar-Mattis discusses the legal, medical and survival challenges that intersex refugees encounter in their cross-border searches for safe haven. This lecture was delivered as part of ORAM’s Second Annual Lecture Series held June 24, 2011, in San Francisco, CA. Editorial comment: OII rejects the pathologization of [...]

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Intersex Day of Remembrance tomorrow, Tuesday 8 November

7 November 2011

THE 8th November is Intersex Day of Remembrance and Herculine Barbin’s birthday. OII Australia and Organisation Intersex International would like to invite others to join us each year by commemorating November 8 as Intersex Day of Remembrance. All human rights organizations, feminist allies, academics and gender specialists, as well as other groups and individuals interested [...]

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In the matter of AH & AB in the High Court of Australia: some implications for intersex

3 November 2011

AH and AB are “female to male transsexual persons” who sought to have their cardinal documents changed under the rules of the Western Australian Gender Reassignment Act 2000 (GRA). The issue as a transsexual matter Both AH & AB retained, post-“transition”, certain internal reproductive organs. In a decision by the WA Supreme Court those physical [...]

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Phoebe Hart’s intersex documentary Orchids gains more worldwide film festival screening dates

7 October 2011

INTERSEX documentary film Orchids: My Intersex Adventure directed by Queenslander Phoebe Hart continues to gain more bookings on the global film festival circuit. Congratulations, Phoebe Hart!

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First ever international intersex forum, representing 17 organisations, agrees common platform

8 September 2011

MEDIA RELEASE 5 September 2011 Brussels, Belgium FIRST EVER INTERNATIONAL INTERSEX FORUM The world’s 1st International Intersex Organising Forum took place in Brussels between 3-5 September 2011. The historic event brought together 24 activists representing 17 intersex organisations from all continents. Around the world intersex individuals are being subjected to inhumane and degrading altering surgical [...]

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Announcement: Worldwide forum on intersex, ILGA, Brussels, 2-5 September 2011

11 July 2011

A discussion forum will be organised in Brussels on 2 – 5 September 2011 to explore the characteristics of the Intersex Movement, its relationship with the international and regional organisations ILGA, ILGA-Europe and TGEU, and to develop agreements on key issues for advocacy. The aim of the forum is to increase the awareness of intersex [...]

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GALE releases flawed LGBT education toolkit, needs to consult with intersex people & organizations

22 May 2011

OII Australia welcomes the release of version 1.0 of its schools educational toolkit by the Global Alliance for LGBT Education (GALE) and hopes that future editions will be LGBTI inclusive. External link: GALE – lgbteducation.info

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[Op/Ed] Intersex & The Sex Files: Good for trans*, bad for intersex

15 May 2011

OII Australia supports trans people in their call for human rights, in the same way we support all LGBTI peoples and other marginalized minorities. Sometimes, however, rights called for by one minority group can disadvantage another unless close strategic alliances are maintained so that proposed changes to the law do not accidentally impinge on rights. [...]

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National domestic violence conference calls for submissions

23 April 2011

DOMESTIC violence takes many forms and can come from partners, parents and siblings. The third biennial (and first national) LGBTIQ Domestic Violence Conference will be held in Sydney on 16 September 2011, and the organizers are calling for the submission of abstracts of papers for consideration. This year the conference will focus on the themes/impacts [...]

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Stanford Medicine on non-consensual intersex surgery: “Gender X: The Battle over Boy or Girl”

20 March 2011

OII-USA Spokesperson for Human Rights, Hida Viloria, is quoted in an article on intersex in an online publication by Stanford Medicine. OII is against non-consensual surgery and related medical treatment on intersex newborn’s genitals, and demands that intersex children have the right to choose what medical treatment they wish, when they want it. OII also [...]

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US ABC News story brings intersex stories to light

20 March 2011

THE recent item on the USA’s ABC News, Intersex Children: What Often Happens When They Do Genital Surgery On Children, has prompted several more intersex North Americans to come out of hiding and relate their own stories of unwanted medical interference. They make for sobering reading. A little while ago, one such intersex adult survivor [...]

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