Posts tagged Morgan Carpenter

Australia has signed a statement supporting the protection of rights of Intersex people at the UN Human Rights Council for the second year in a …

The countless years of advocacy by intersex people is finally starting to produce results as the Victorian government has pledged to introduce legislation that will …

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.

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”.

The UN Human Rights Council resolution expressed concern that regulations forcing athletes to take hormone therapy in order to compete “may contravene international human rights norms and standards”.

The National LGBTI Health Alliance was this year’s inaugural winner of the intersex ally award.

“We hear a lot of reassurances from different bodies that there has been change, but nobody has been able to produce any evidence of that.”

Babies and children are still often subjected to unnecessary and harmful surgery.