Human Rights

Hida Viloria on Intersex Human Rights in the USA

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Author: Hida Viloria, Director or OII USA, Chairperson of Organisation Intersex International – OII Date of first publication in OII Australia.com: 15 March 2010 UNLIKE most other minority groups, the most tangible discrimination which intersex people have faced has been medical. I feel that this is partly responsible for why some intersex organizations have remained…
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OII Chairperson and OII USA director Hida Viloria’s letter to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asking for full intersex inclusion in White House human rights initiatives

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OII Chairperson and OII USA director Hida Viloria’s letter to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asking for full intersex inclusion in White House human rights initiatives

HIDA Viloria, Chairperson of Organisation Intersex International – OII – and Director of Organisation Intersex International United States – OII USA – has written a letter to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asking for intersex people to be included in the White House’s recently announced global efforts on behalf of LGBT equality. Ms Viloria,…
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights report to UN General Assembly on discriminatory laws, practices, acts of violence against LGBT people mentions intersex six times

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WE would like to acknowledge the mention of intersex people in this report on discriminatory laws and practices and acts of violence against individuals based on their sexual orientation and gender identity. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay’s report on LGBT people that contains six mentions of the word intersex, as illustrated…
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Courthouse News Service: Woman Locked in a Men’s Prison

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COMPOUNDING damage already done by an Hawaiian prison system that locked her up in a gaol for men, the Courthouse News Service reports personal medical information about intersex woman Dione Kaeo-Tomaselli: A hermaphrodite who underwent surgery to become a woman claims Hawaii incarcerated her in a men’s prison where she was, predictably, raped. The 33-year-old…
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United Nations Committee against Torture makes historic statement on intersex, redress for intersex genital mutilation (IGM), education and more

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United Nations Committee against Torture makes historic statement on intersex, redress for intersex genital mutilation (IGM), education and more

THE UN Committee against Torture sitting in Germany from October 31 to November 25 2011 has considered a German report on torture and other abuses and has produced a groundbreaking statement on intersex and torture: Intersex people 20. The Committee takes note of the information received during the dialogue that the Ethical Council has undertaken…
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