OII Australia is proud and delighted to partner with Pride in Diversity to publish the Employers’ guide to intersex inclusion. Written by Morgan Carpenter and Dawn Hough, the guide is kindly sponsored by IBM. Download the Employers’ guide to intersex inclusion (PDF). A world-first, the guide presents information about intersex for employers, including: An introduction…
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Third Gender
OII-USA’s Viloria published in The Advocate regarding issues with Germany’s third gender law
OII global chair Director Hida Viloria has an essay, “Germany’s Third Gender Law Fails on Equality”, published in The Advocate. It discusses how this new law gives intersex babies less equal rights, how Australia’s current law only applies to intersex adults, not babies, and why it is so much better than Germany’s. Click here to…
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Creating a third gender creates a whole new set of problems and oppressions
A number of erstwhile allies of intersex people suppose that intersex people want the legislative creation of a third gender or a third sex. Sex – male and female under the sex binary belief system, and gender – man and woman under the gender binary belief system, are two very different though related things. The reality is…
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On a third sex
On a third sex THE idea of creating a new sex category to be designated “intersex” poses several problems. First of all, how do we define intersex? OII believes that there will be never a clear definition and at the same time, that it is not necessary to have a legal definition for intersex. We…
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New Zealand X passports do not appear to be for intersex New Zealanders
NEW Zealand, Australia’s near-neighbour in the Pacific, does not appear to permit intersex people to choose an X for their passport. In fact, there is no mention of intersex at all in the web page and web site that was pointed out to us by a New Zealand contact. Gender ‘X’ Passports If you are…
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Coastweek.com: Kenya’s Constitutional Court urged to create new law for ‘third gender’ convicts
IN what is a land mark application in a Kenya court, an inter-sex death row convict has urged a Constitutional Court to create a law that will accommodate his gender. Through his lawyer John Chingiti, Richard Muasya yesterday urged judges Hannah Okengu, George Dulu and Ruth Sitati to enact a law that will embrace hermaphrodites….
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