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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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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.

“This decision now [...] Read more »

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TS-Si: Hormone Disruption by Atrazine Pesticide

8 March 2010

“Before, we knew we got fewer males than we should have, and we got hermaphrodites. Now, we have clearly shown that many of these animals are sex-reversed males,” Hayes said. “We have animals that are females, in the sense that they behave like females: They have estrogen, lay eggs, they mate with other males. Atrazine [...] 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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Audio: Interview with New Zealand artist Rebecca Swan

6 March 2010

OII Australia attended the presentation by New Zealand artist Rebecca Swan at the Australian Centre for Photography (ACP) on Thursday, 4th March.
Ms Swan spoke about her project Assume Nothing. One of her subjects in this project is New Zealand intersex activist Mani Bruce Mitchell. Read more »

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Op/Ed: Sexism is the Issue with the IOC

5 March 2010

The issue with the IOC – International Olympic Committee – is sexism and every woman should be outraged.Why?
Physical advantage
Every gold medallist since the beginning of the modern Olympics, and most likely those in the old Olympics has a physical advantage over his competitors. The underlying prejudice in the current situation is that ‘male’ physical advantage [...] Read more »

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NZ Photographer Rebecca Swan Talks Shop at the ACP in Sydney

3 March 2010

New Zealand photographer Rebecca Swan will be talking shop at the ACP – Australian Centre for Photography – tomorrow, Thursday 4th March, between 6pm and 8pm.
The ACP is located at 257 Oxford Street, Paddington in Sydney, NSW.
Rebecca is known for her book and exhibition titled Assume Nothing, which includes at least one intersex [...] Read more »

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OII Australia President Gina Wilson at Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras 2010

2 March 2010
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The Danish Girl put off to May 2010, with new director

2 March 2010

It also helps to attach some big-name talent to the enterprise. People like Oscar-winning actresses Nicole Kidman and Gwyneth Paltrow and director Lasse Hallström.
Hallström says that, if all goes well, shooting on The Danish Girl will begin in May in Europe, and he couldn’t be more enthusiastic about a project that’s [...] Read more »

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ABC: Mardi Gras parades very little

2 March 2010

None of this would matter if Mardi Gras did not also fail us queers.
Wed to a very fixed sexual identity, Mardi Gras, and gay activism in general, does not have a great track record with transgendered or intersex people. Without a pre-fab, Mardi Gras approved sexual identity, forget about representation that [...] Read more »

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