Intersex Peer Support 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 …
Posts tagged Intersex Human Rights Australia
Victorian Gay And Lesbian Rights Lobby To Vote On Name Change
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 …
Act On LGBTQI Homelessness: Organisations Tell Government
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 …
City of Darebin affirms intersex rights
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 …
Arts Centre Melbourne spire lights up for Intersex Awareness Day
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 …
Tasmania urged to end involuntary medical interventions on intersex children
The invasive procedures continue to be carried out in Australia without personal informed consent, and are often irreversible.
Intersex groups release joint statement criticising WHO for “repathologisation”
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.
Kenya drops two female runners over testosterone levels
The Caster Semenya decision is already affecting other cis athletes.
Australia decides: LGBTIQ+ priorities this federal election
“It is clear that Australia’s political parties are increasingly recognising that LGBTIQ+ people are a force to be reckoned with.”
Caster Semenya loses legal battle against IAAF regulations forcing hormone therapy
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”.