South African Broadcasting Corporation: Special Assignment, 20 October 2011

Admin, 2011-11-22.

THE stories of several LGBTI Africans persecuted for being born LGBTI. Zimbabwean refugee Tatenda Ngwaru believed she was a gay male, then became persuaded she was actually a transgender woman, then finally learned she is really intersex after fleeing to South Africa. Ms Ngwaru has now returned to Zimbabwe where she faces homophobic persecution for…
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Syracuse University College of Law – Anne Tamar-Mattis: Protecting the Civil Rights of Intersex Children

Admin, 2011-11-22.

Anne Tamar-Mattis, Executive Director of Advocates for Informed Choice, visited the College of Law to discuss the legal and ethical issues of consent surrounding genital surgeries in children born with intersex conditions. Editorial comment: OII welcomes the work of Anne Tamar-Mattis, but believes that the use of pathologising language to describe intersex, such as DSDs…
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ORAM second annual lecture series – The Invisible Refugee: Intersex, Persecution and Protection, parts 1, 2 & 3

Admin, 2011-11-22.

Advocates for Informed Choice Founder and Executive Director Anne Tamar-Mattis discusses the legal, medical and survival challenges that intersex refugees encounter in their cross-border searches for safe haven. This lecture was delivered as part of ORAM’s Second Annual Lecture Series held June 24, 2011, in San Francisco, CA. Editorial comment: OII rejects the pathologization of…
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Intersex-inclusive inter-American human rights commission shows the way via new unit for LGBTI rights

Admin, 2011-11-04.

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 inclusion by default continues at the United Nation High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)

Admin, 2011-10-10.

WE at OII Australia continue to be impressed at the consistency with which the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) includes intersex in its work, publications and public statements, since we were asked to comment upon the issue of intersex inclusion several months ago. We encourage other agencies to follow the UNHCR’s example. This latest publication…
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Ugandan LGBTI activist Frank Mugisha given 2011 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award

Admin, 2011-09-30.

UGANDAN LGBTI human rights activist Frank Mugisha has received the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award for 2011. Congratulations, Frank! Frank Mugisha, a prominent young advocate for the rights of sexual minorities in Uganda, has been chosen to receive the prestigious Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award. Mr. Mugisha is the Executive Director of Sexual…
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[Media Release] Arrogance, Hypocrisy & the new World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Standards of Care, version 7 (SOC v7)

Admin, 2011-09-29.

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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UN Human Rights High Commissioner Navi Pillay supports intersex human rights in recent passports statement

Admin, 2011-09-28.

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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South African Broadcasting Corporation: Special Assignment, 20 October 2011

Syracuse University College of Law – Anne Tamar-Mattis: Protecting the Civil Rights of Intersex Children

ORAM second annual lecture series – The Invisible Refugee: Intersex, Persecution and Protection, parts 1, 2 & 3

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

Intersex inclusion by default continues at the United Nation High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)

Ugandan LGBTI activist Frank Mugisha given 2011 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award

[Media Release] Arrogance, Hypocrisy & the new World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Standards of Care, version 7 (SOC v7)

UN Human Rights High Commissioner Navi Pillay supports intersex human rights in recent passports statement

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