Travel and Passports

Employers’ guide to intersex inclusion

, .

Employers’ guide to intersex inclusion

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…
Read more →

Canada Border Services Agency announces new strip search rules for intersex and trans travellers

, .

CANADIAN newsmagazine Maclean’s reports on a new Canada Border Services Agency policy for strip searching intersex or trans people entering Canada. Released in August, the protocol applies to “transsexual or intersexed” individuals; people who strongly identify or seek to live as a member of the opposite sex, have undergone surgery to physically change their sex,…
Read more →

Michela Balocchi writes on the erasure of intersex in the Italian media

, .

ITALIAN intersex ally Michela Balocchi has written about the response in the Italian mainstream press to Australia’s new intersex-inclusive passport regulations. In effect, as she points out, the media in Italy have erased the word intersex from their reporting and are suggesting that this is a transgender-oriented reform. External link: italialaica.it – Femmina, maschio o…
Read more →

UN Human Rights High Commissioner Navi Pillay supports intersex human rights in recent passports statement

, .

UN Human Rights High Commissioner Navi Pillay supports intersex human rights in recent passports statement

OII Australia thanks United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay for her recent statement welcoming changes to passport sex fields by the Australian federal government. Internal link: OII Australia – UN High Commissioner on Human Rights Navi Pillay, why do you exclude intersex? External links: UN Multimedia – Human rights chief welcomes Australian…
Read more →

Existence of intersex now recognized by US Department of State

, .

THE U.S. Department of State has now recognized the existence of intersex people and the fact that the passports of US intersex citizens need to reflect that reality. The text of the US Department of State’s manual concerning this policy update – 7 FAM 1350 APPENDIX M INTERSEX CONDITIONS (DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT) is a…
Read more →