UK petition against cosmetic assignment surgery upon intersex infants

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AN e-petition against the widespread practice of intersex genital mutilation (IGM) aka intersex assignment surgery amongst other euphemisms has been posted by Miss Anne Carter under the UK Government’s Directgov e-petitions scheme. Surgery on intersex infants and children is mutilation and in breach of the child’s human rights under UN Children’s Charter and puts the…
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[Media Release] Arrogance, Hypocrisy & the new World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Standards of Care, version 7 (SOC v7)

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Thursday 29th September 2011 Re: The World Professional Association for Transgender Health: Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People, 7th version, wpath.org In an act of breathtaking hypocrisy the World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH) has released pathologizing guidelines for the treatment of intersex children and adults who reject…
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UK Women’s Sports Foundation releases position statement on intersex athletes’ participation in women’s sports

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THE Women’s Sports Foundation (WSF) has released a well-balanced downloadable position statement document concerning participation by intersex athletes in women’s sports. We congratulate the WSF for its fair-mindedness and for releasing this important document, but ask that they cease characterizing the range of natural biological variations that is intersex as “disorders” or as “Disorders of…
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UN Human Rights High Commissioner Navi Pillay supports intersex human rights in recent passports statement

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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…
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Human Rights Watch report on trans people in Netherlands mashes intersex up with trans, misunderstands intersex

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OII Australia congratulates Human Rights Watch (HRW)  on the release of the organization’s report on the situation of trans people in the Netherlands, Controlling Bodies, Denying Identities Human Rights Violations against Trans People in the Netherlands. However, we are disappointed that the report does not fully include the situation of intersex people in the Netherlands –…
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