The Australian Capital Territory has today passed Australia’s first laws protecting intersex people from unconsented medical procedures. The legislation will protect people with variations in sex characteristics from harmful and unnecessary medical interventions as children by placing restrictions on treatment to alter sex characteristics without personal consent. These restrictions will exclude emergencies or authorisation by […]
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8 Jun 2023 /
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Intersex Human Rights Australia (IHRA) have shared their perspective on Senator Claire Chandler’s private member’s bill, which seeks to restrict access to sport based on binary biological definitions of sex, effectively erasing Australians with intersex variations. IHRA join a number of organisations speaking out against the bill, including Equality Tasmania, Equality Australia and TransFolk of […]
Tags: Intersex, intersex human rights australia, intersex peer support australia, michelle mcgrath, morgan carpenter
23 Feb 2022 |
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