intersex

[Media Release] 2012 to build on achievements of 2011 for the National LGBTI Health Alliance

10 January 2012

“2011 was a significant year for the National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) Health Alliance”, said Paul Martin, Chair of the Alliance Board. “Considerable progress was made in priority areas that had been worked on for some time. In the short space of a year, the Alliance has grown from three part-time positions [...]

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Queensland Government is seeking an intersex person for newly intersex inclusive LGBTI roundtable

29 December 2011

IT has been a long time coming but the government of the Australian state of Queensland has extended its LGBT Roundtable, becoming intersex inclusive, and it is now looking for an intersex Queenslander to join the now renamed LGBTI Roundtable. The consultancy group’s term has been extended by another year to the end of 2012, but [...]

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The second NSW Survey of LGBTIQ People and Relationships is now open for you to take part

29 December 2011

We encourage all LGBTIQ people to take part in this survey and most especially intersex people.

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A quick trip to San Francisco: intersex activism can be hard work and a little play

28 December 2011

IT is not all work and no play at OII Australia – sometimes we manage to combine both. That was certainly the case in November when one of our members tagged along with her partner on an all-too-brief business trip to San Francisco.  While there our member met the good folks at LGBTI refugee resettlement [...]

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Thank you and happy holidays, Sen!

23 December 2011

OII Australia wishes to thank another of our longstanding allies in the Australian LGBTQI community, Senthorun Raj, for all his support over the years. Happy holidays, Sen!

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Thank you and happy holidays, Corey Irlam!

23 December 2011

OII Australia wishes to thank one of our longstanding allies in the Australian LGBTQI community, Corey Irlam, for all his support over the years. Happy holidays, Corey!

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Photographs from Marriage Equality Rally at ALP National Conference, Sydney, 3rd December 2011

22 December 2011

OII Australia members were inside the ALP National Conference at Darling Harbour and were supporting the marriage equality rally outside the conference venue on Saturday December 3 2011. Intersex Australians lost the clear right to marriage when the Howard Liberal federal government amended the Marriage Act 1961, changing the definition of marriage as between two [...]

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An Australian intersex world first: intersex inclusion throughout Labor federal governing party policy platform reforms

19 December 2011

OII Australia ally Rainbow Labor has welcomed changes in the Australian Labor Party policy platform that further support the LGBTI community and especially intersex people. As a result, Australia leads internationally in being intersex-inclusive.  Summary of changes to the ALP platform: Commitment under Labor Values to health care and specific health care needs of GLBTI Australians (140A) [...]

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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 intersex people. Intersex people were welcome to take part nonetheless, he said. Instead we were informed that The [...]

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United Nations Committee against Torture makes historic statement on intersex, redress for intersex genital mutilation (IGM), education and more

9 December 2011

THE UN Committee against Torture sitting in Germany from October 31 to November 25 2011 has considered a German report on torture and other abuses and has produced a groundbreaking statement on intersex and torture: Intersex people 20. The Committee takes note of the information received during the dialogue that the Ethical Council has undertaken [...]

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Warren Entsch MP talks about same-sex marriage and intersex

9 December 2011

NORTH Queensland Liberal MP Warren Entsch, co-founder of the Parliamentary Friends of LGBTI Australians, mentions intersex people in this StarOnline article.  Thank you, Mister Entsch. In a special penalty exacted upon intersex Australians for being born biologically different, we were denied the right to marry under the Howard government’s amendment to the Marriage Act 1961 [...]

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United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Šimonović talks about intersex

9 December 2011

OIIAustralia applauds Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Šimonović for his intersex-inclusive comments when delivering a message for United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at a panel discussion about ending violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity - Stop Bullying – Ending violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity - at UN Headquarters in New York [...]

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