Europe

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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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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Protest at conference promoting Intersex Genital Mutilation (IGM) at The Royal College of Surgeons, 35-43 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2, 17 – 19 September 2011

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INTERSEX people and organizations including Organisation Intersex International (OII) call on intersex activists and friends to protest outside the Royal College of Surgeons, 35-43 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2, Saturday 17th to Monday 19th September 2011.  The College is the venue for the IV World Congress on Hypospadias and Disorders of Sex Development which promotes…
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Deutscher Ethikrat: Online-Diskurs Intersexualität, Leben zwischen den Geschlechtern / German Ethics Council: Social Discourse on intersex, life between the sexes

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AUDIO recordings of the German Ethics Council’s hearing on the matter of intersex people in Germany are now available online. Ins A Kromminga of OII’s German affiliate IVIM was amongst the speakers recorded during these sessions. http://diskurs.ethikrat.org/ Google translation: The Forum 2 in the afternoon of the public consultation on the situation of people with…
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Intersex people in Germany, the experts and the Deutscher Ethikrat public consultation

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INTERSEX people in Germany have been invited to participate and observe proceedings in an historic public consultation and dialog “on the situation of people with intersexuality [sic] in Germany”. The event has been organized by Deutscher Ethikrat – The German Ethics Council – and its participants include ‘experts’ in intersex, medical people, lawyers, parents of intersex…
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Intersex people in Germany interviewed by Radio Deutsche Welle

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INTERSEX people in Germany including IVIM/OII-Germany spokesperson Ins A. Kromminga were recently interviewed by Deutsche Welle for their Living in Germany English language radio program. Ins and Ulrike Kloeppel amongst others provided insights into intersex and how intersex people live in Germany. External links: Deutsche Welle – Living in Germany with an intersex child Deutsche…
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