OII’s national affiliate in the United States of America, OII USA, is offering two events in New York city on Friday 28th October. One is a workshop and the other is a performance. WORKSHOP: What Is Intersex, & How to Be A Good Ally Friday, October 28 · 12:00pm – 2:00pm NYU’s Kimmel Center, Rm…
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[Media Release] Arrogance, Hypocrisy & the new World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Standards of Care, version 7 (SOC v7)
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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Race and sex eugenics and mistreatment blended in feature film about Jewish and intersex athletes at 1936 Berlin Olympics
TIKKUN Daily has published an article based on feature film Berlin ’36 exploring aspects of the twin issues of anti-Jewish and anti-intersex eugenics and discrimination in Nazi Germany. Due to a political twist, an intersex athlete comes to replace a Jewish champion in the Games of the XI Olympiad. Both athletes are mistreated by the…
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UK Women’s Sports Foundation releases position statement on intersex athletes’ participation in women’s sports
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
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
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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New Zealand X passports do not appear to be for intersex New Zealanders
NEW Zealand, Australia’s near-neighbour in the Pacific, does not appear to permit intersex people to choose an X for their passport. In fact, there is no mention of intersex at all in the web page and web site that was pointed out to us by a New Zealand contact. Gender ‘X’ Passports If you are…
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Double-edged sword – the BBC throws light on intersex people while pathologizing us
A double-edged sword: BBC One throws light on intersex people while medically pathologizing us. “DSDs (Disorders of Sexual Development)” are rejected by OII as pathologizing language that causes harm to intersex people. This compelling and sensitive documentary unlocks the stories of people born neither entirely male nor female. Conditions like these have been known as…
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