Posts tagged Intersex Human Rights Australia

Intersex Peer Support Australia (IPSA) began in 1985 in the Royal Children Hospital in Melbourne, becoming peer-led in 1996 with peer support gatherings following soon …

Two decades after it was established to campaign for equal rights, the Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby (VGLRL) is set to vote on a …

The lack of adequate research and laws that enable faith-based organisations to discriminate is affecting the ability to respond to the needs of LGBTIQI persons …

The City of Darebin has become Australia’s first local government to affirm the Darlington Statement, with Councillors voting unanimously to support the rights of intersex …

Today is Intersex Awareness Day, a day to bring awareness to the challenges that intersex people face in an international day of action to end …

The invasive procedures continue to be carried out in Australia without personal informed consent, and are often irreversible.

The joint statement calls on WHO to publish a clear policy on intersex people’s health and rights, ensuring treatment is compatible with human rights norms.

The Caster Semenya decision is already affecting other cis athletes.

“It is clear that Australia’s political parties are increasingly recognising that LGBTIQ+ people are a force to be reckoned with.”

In denying Semenya’s appeal, arbitrators supported regulations that will force female athletes with naturally high testosterone levels to undergo hormone therapy while also admitting they are “discriminatory”.