Equality, and an end to bigotry

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Equality, and an end to bigotry

Our media release for Intersex Awareness Day has resulted in coverage in some LGBTI media both in Australia and overseas, for which we’re grateful. Gina Wilson, ILGA-Europe, and a media release by Transgender and Intersex Africa are quoted in this report by Gay Star News. TIA comment: ‘TIA believes that this day is a great…
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ILGA-Europe’s statement on the occasion of the International Intersex Awareness Day (26 October)

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From ILGA EUROPE: Today, ILGA-Europe joins intersex organisations around the world to mark the Intersex Awareness Day. ILGA-Europe believes that this day is a great opportunity for the raising of awareness on intersex issues, generate greater understanding and call for the elaboration of human rights in respect to intersex people. The foundation of all discrimination…
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OII Deutschland presents to the European Parliament Intergroup

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OII Deutschland presents to the European Parliament Intergroup

The European Parliament’s Intergroup on LGBT Rights hosted a seminar on intersex and trans people recently, with presentations by Dan Christian Ghattas of OII Deutschland, Silvan Agius of ILGA Europe, Richard Köhler of Transgender Europe, and others. Dan’s excellent presentation can be listened to and downloaded (PowerPoint format) or viewed via the Intergroup’s page alongside…
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The Times of India: “Male, female and the third option”

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The Times of India: “Male, female and the third option”

Payoshni Mitra writes in The Times of India on the case of athlete Pinki Pramanik, arrested for rape in a case where she is alleged to have promised to marry a women “but later denied” – see “Gold medallist Pinki Pramanik accused of being male, held for ‘rape’”. Mitra, an independent researcher on gender and…
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NY Times: Hida Viloria’s letter on “No Clear Option for Testing”

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NY Times: Hida Viloria’s letter on “No Clear Option for Testing”

Hida Viloria’s letter to the New York Times on genetic testing of elite female athletes appears in Sunday’s paper: To the Sports Editor: Re “No Clear Option for Testing,” June 18: At the 2010 Winter Olympics, a sportscaster said, in reference to the figure skater Johnny Weir, “We should make him pass a gender test.”…
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