OII Australia and OII Aotearoa/NZ release submission on the DSM-5 and SOC-7

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OII Australia, together with OII Aotearoa/NZ, today released a submission [PDF] to the American Psychiatric Association (APA), regarding the draft Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition. The APA is the body that, until 1973, classified homosexuality as a mental disorder. The APA currently regards gender non-conformity to be a disorder, including gender non-conformity by intersex people.

News reports: “Man discovers he’s actually a woman”

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News reports: “Man discovers he’s actually a woman”

We’re concerned about the credibility of this report, and the original one, just as we’re incredulous when we hear a report of a sex change via bee sting, reported as fact.   Man and father, woman or intersex? While we wish good luck to this family, what is most disturbing about this meme is that…
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Intersexion wins awards at first big screen showing

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Intersexion wins awards at first big screen showing

The full documentary version of Intersexion has won two awards at its first showing on the big screen. Intersexion won ‘Best NZ Documentary’ and ‘Best Editing’ at the Documentary Edge festival currently taking place in Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand. The people behind the movie, Grant Lahood, Mani Mitchell and John Keir, have told interviewees:…
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Hiker Chiu of OII Chinese presents on intersex at the 5th Hong Kong Sex Cultural Festival

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Hiker Chiu of OII Chinese presents on intersex at the 5th Hong Kong Sex Cultural Festival

HIKER Chiu of Organization Intersex International Chinese carries her message about intersex people being normal and even huggable around the world via her Free hugs with intersex campaign. Her most recent appearance was at the 5th Hong Kong Sex Cultural Festival. YouTube.com – 2012_03_05_香港性文化節記者會_hiker Chiu: Hiker Chiu, founder of OII Chinese, for the 5th Hong Kong…
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London Olympics Head of Diversity & Inclusion includes intersex while Equality Minister excludes intersex people

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London Olympics Head of Diversity & Inclusion includes intersex while Equality Minister excludes intersex people

WHEN LGBT online publication Gay Star News recently published an article quoting Stephen Frost, Head of Diversity and Inclusion at Olympics organization LOCOG speaking about the LGBTI community, we thought the journalist’s fingers had slipped on the keyboard. After all, neither GSN, LOCOG nor the British government has been seen fit to equally include intersex people in their work…
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We thank Anne Tamar-Mattis of Advocates for Informed Choice – AIC – for her intersex advocacy

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We thank Anne Tamar-Mattis of Advocates for Informed Choice – AIC – for her intersex advocacy

LEGAL advocate for intersex people Anne Tamar-Mattis of Advocates for Informed Choice – AIC has further contributed to  public education about  intersex people  in a recent, at-length and in-depth interview with San Francisco Bay Area radio station KPFA.  The program – now available as a downloadable MP3 file – was broadcast on the Against the Grain program on Monday, March 5, 2012. Remember…
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German Greens party urges the German Senate to stand up for intersex people

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German Greens party urges the German Senate to stand up for intersex people

GERMAN online publication taz.de reports on how the Greens are urging the German Senate to stop delaying acting on one-year-old reports and recommendations and stand up for Germany’s many oppressed intersex citizens. The following note in the article about one of the most popular misconceptions about intersex stands out for us: Der Hintergrund für dieses Missverständnis ist wohl, dass Intersexualität…
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