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Intersex-inclusive inter-American human rights commission shows the way via new unit for LGBTI rights

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WHILE its counterparts in other parts of the globe prevaricate about including intersex people in their human rights work, the Organization of American States’ (OAS) pan-American human rights commission the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), based in Washington D.C., has created “a Unit on the Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Intersex (LGBTI)…
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Intersex Conference by Amnesty International Belgique Francophone on 19th November in Brussels

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THE Francophone branch of Amnesty International in Belgium is staging a one-day conference on intersex at the Hotel de Ville, Grand Place in Brussels on Saturday, 19th November 2011. Presentations include the following… The ‘I’ of intersex: an introduction, by Dr Joz Motmans of the Policy Research Centre on Equal Opportunities, University of Antwerp: Introductory…
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[Op/Ed] Characterizing people with XXY and similar karyotypes as male by default, or “disorders”, makes obvious intersex variations invisible

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[Op/Ed] Characterizing people with XXY and similar karyotypes as male by default, or “disorders”, makes obvious intersex variations invisible

I make the observation that the characterization of a person with XXY, or combinations thereof as described in this article, as male, makes invisible their obvious intersex. To see them as infertile males is an observation taken from a certain cultural perspective that considers intersex differences as somehow resolvable into actual maleness or femaleness. This…
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Michela Balocchi writes on the erasure of intersex in the Italian media

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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…
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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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