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intersexphobia

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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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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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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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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Tufts Daily: Elisha Sum | Our Genderation – Not my daughter, you…

2 March 2010

Though hard to believe, genital mutilation has been happening in the United States for quite some time. Of course, the prominent discourse has not framed the repeated medical procedures as such, in part due to ignorance and to avoid the acknowledgment of the infringement of human rights. Read more »

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ABC: Hungry Beast: Episode 16: Two Intersex People Meet and Talk about Being Intersex

24 February 2010

EPISODE 16: WEDNESDAY 17 MARCH AT 9PM ON ABC1 AND AT WWW.ABC.NET.AU/HUNGRYBEAST
Last year, South African runner Caster Semenya made world headlines following questions as to whether she was a man or a woman after winning gold in the women’s 800 metres at the World Championships in Athletics. This week on HUNGRY BEAST, reporter Ali Russell [...] Read more »

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The Good Doctors

23 February 2010

Not every doctor wants to cut up the genitals of intersex newborns in a vain bid to ‘cure’ their intersex once and for all. Read more »

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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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Bioethics Forum: Why I am Suspicious of Bioethics

20 February 2010

I fear that the campaign to hold the main propagator of the dexamethasone treatment accountable would, if not accompanied by sustained challenges to more fundamental problems with this treatment, also result in creating a more “ethical” means of continuing the treatment  -  that is, a means that complies better with the established procedures and codes [...] Read more »

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