From Pakistan to the USA and the International Olympics Committee, Intersex People are Treated as Less or Other than Human

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Author: Bhakti Ananda Goswami, board member, OII USA Date first published: March 10, 2010 Disclaimer: This article represents the views of its author and does not represent Organisation Intersex International policy nor that of its affiliates. The views of the author may well have changed since this article was written. “Some sociologists and legal experts…
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Disorders of Sex Development (DSD) conflates transsexualism with intersex variations

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Authors: Prof. M. Italiano, M.B.B.S. (A.M.), Advisor on intersex variations, Organisation Intersex International & Curtis E. Hinkle, Founder, Organisation Intersex International Article title in full: Open letter to Ieuan Hughes et al, 2007: Disorders of Sex Development (DSD) conflates transsexualism with intersex variations Year of first publication: 2007 Disclaimer: This article represents the views of its author and does…
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Being Different and Fitting In

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Author: David Cameron Year of first publication: 2006 About David Cameron: David Cameron was born in Canada, and grew up in Pleasant Hill, California. He is a former international teacher, having taught in Thailand and Egypt. He met his partner, Peter Tannen, at a bisexual potluck in Sunnyvale. David had a home and garden renovation business…
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Report on German television about the Transgender and Intersex in the Arts, Science and Society conference in Dresden

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Report on German television about the Transgender and Intersex in the Arts, Science and Society conference in Dresden

INACCURACY seems to be the byword when the mainstream media reports on intersex, but at least this news item by a German TV channel on the recent Transgender und Intersex in Kunst, Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft conference in Dresden concentrates on intersex despite reporting it as a transgender conference. The report features IVIM/OII Germany’s Ins A. Kromminga and mentions Australia’s recent passport…
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MDR Sachsen reports on the Transgender und Intersex in Kunst, Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft conference in Dresden earlier this month

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MDR Sachsen reports on the Transgender und Intersex in Kunst, Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft conference in Dresden earlier this month

MDR Sachsen reports on the Transgender und Intersex in Kunst, Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft – Transgender and Intersex in the Arts, Science and Society – conference in Dresden earlier this month. Two European OII members who are artists and human rights activists presented at the conference – Del LaGrace Volcano and Ins A. Kromminga. Eine internationale…
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Maxx Ginanne’s Caster Semenya documentary “Too Fast to be a Woman?” screens in Sydney February 25 during Mardi Gras Film Festival

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Maxx Ginanne’s Caster Semenya documentary “Too Fast to be a Woman?” screens in Sydney February 25 during Mardi Gras Film Festival

IN 2011 the Sydney Mardi Gras aka Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras became fully intersex inclusive under the LGBTQI acronym. Now the 2012 Mardi Gras sees London-resident, expatriate documentary filmmaker Maxx Ginnane’s film on South African athlete Caster Semenya, Too Fast to be a Woman?, screened in the Mardi Gras Film Festival on Saturday…
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