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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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More Photographs, Rally for Marriage Equality, Sydney Town Hall, Saturday 28th November 2009

29 November 2009
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Senator Sarah Hanson-Young Speaks at Marriage Equality Rally in Sydney, Saturday 28th November

28 November 2009

Media Release | Spokesperson Sarah Hanson-Young
Thursday 26th November 2009, 7:50pm
Where Is the Love, Prime Minister?
The Australian Greens are disappointed that the major parties have ignored the compelling argument for allowing reform of the Marriage Act to give all Australians the right to marry the one they love, regardless of gender.
Senator Hanson-Young, Greens spokesperson for [...] Read more »

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The Current Marriage Act Excludes Intersex. A Same Sex Marriage Act Will Exclude Intersex.

28 November 2009
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OII Australia Speech to the CAAH Rally at Sydney Town Hall, Saturday 28th of November 2009

28 November 2009

Gina Wilson, president of OII Australia, could not be at the rally today to present her speech as she has been interstate on legal and medical matters, so Rachel Evans of CAAH read her speech on her behalf. Thank you, Rachel!

On behalf of Organization Intersex International Australia…
I am here today to support marriage equality.
Let me [...] Read more »

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OII Australia’s Gina Wilson to Address Sydney Rally for Marriage Equality, Saturday 28th November

24 November 2009

OII Australia president Gina Wilson will be making a speech about the need for equal rights to marriage for intersex people at the National Day of Action for Marriage Equality this coming Saturday, 28th November, at the Sydney Town Hall at 1:00pm.
We invite all intersex Australians in Sydney and beyond to attend!

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OII Australia Speech to the Equal Love Rally, Garema Place, Canberra, Saturday 7th November 2009

9 November 2009

Friends,
I am here today to support marriage equality.
Let me tell you how that seems from an intersex perspective.
First, a quick explanation of intersex.
Intersex people are individuals who do not fit common perceptions of maleness and femaleness.
Intersex people are individuals who have genetic, hormonal, congenital and other differences that might be seen as being both male [...] Read more »

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The Not So Private Lives of Some Intersex People

19 September 2009

The interim report of the Not So Private Lives survey by Sharon Dane of The University of Queensland has been released in time for consideration in the Senate’s investigation into so-called same sex marriage. The report concludes that the majority of so-called same sex attracted Australians want the option of marriage, same as every other [...] Read more »

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Submission to the Federal Marriage Equality Amendment Bill Committee

28 August 2009

Marriage Equality Amendment Bill Committee
Dear Senators,
OII Australia is the regional arm of Organisation Intersex International, the largest intersex organisation in the world with representatives on every continent and communicating in at least twelve languages.
OII Australia supports the submissions of the Australian Coalition for Equality, Equal Love, the Tasmanian Gay & Lesbian Rights Lobby, the NSW [...] Read more »

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Photographs, National Day of Action for Marriage Equality, Sydney

2 August 2009

OII Australia’s media person attended the National Day of Action for Marriage Equality aka National Day of Action for Same-Sex Marriage at the Sydney Town Hall on Saturday, and the illegal marriage ceremony at Darling Harbour afterwards.
She reminded rally MC Katrina Fox that intersex people need to be included in such events, in word and [...] Read more »

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National Day of Action for Same-Sex Marriage on Saturday, 1st August

11 July 2009

Although the word intersex is conspicuously absent from the publicity material, we urge OII Australia members and readers to consider becoming involved in the National Day of Action for Same-Sex Marriage on Saturday, 1st August, around Australia.
OII Australia believes that everyone must have the right to marry if they wish to.

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Same Sex Marriage, and the Phenomenon of Same Sex Pair-Bonding in Monogamous Pair-Bonding Social Species, by Bhakti Ananda Goswami

6 July 2009

Author: Bhakti Ananda Goswami
While some modern sexologists and other authors argue that the human species is not really monogamous by nature, there is no argument among biologists that there are species that are essentially monogamously pair-bonding, and that these are often very social species which live in colonies, flocks or other complex social orders with [...] Read more »

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