Human Rights Advocacy
Intersex people face stigmatisation and discrimination from birth, particularly when an intersex variation is visible. Non-consensual medical interventions are a key human rights issue for intersex infants and children, which may be surgically and/or hormonally altered to fit stereotypical notions of how female or male sex characteristics should look or function. Other human rights and legal issues include the right to life, right to truth, protection from discrimination, access to justice and reparations, access to information, and legal recognition.
Some intersex people (and their parents) have issues obtaining historical medical records and may not be provided with the option of no treatment, alternative sources of information, or access to peer support before making critical clinical decisions.
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Human Rights Advocacy - Latest Resources
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Human Rights Advocacy, Surgery & Medicalisation
Involuntary or coerced sterilisation of intersex people in Australia was produced by the Senate Community Affairs Committee Secretariat and printed by the Senate Printing Unit, Parliament House, Canberra.
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Human Rights Advocacy, Genetics
In the early 2000s, the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) conducted an inquiry on behalf of the Commonwealth regarding the protection and use of human genetic information, which had many important implications for people living with intersex variations and future generations.
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Human Rights Advocacy, Genetics
In the early 2000s, the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) conducted an inquiry on behalf of the Commonwealth regarding the protection and use of human genetic information, which had many important implications for people living with intersex variations and future generations.
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Human Rights Advocacy
"The Australian Human Rights Commission conducted a project that considers how best to protect the human rights of people born with variations in sex characteristics — in the specific context of non-consensual medical interventions."
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Human Rights Advocacy
In November 2010, the AISSG responded to an invitation from the Australian Human Rights Commission to participate in a consultation regarding the possible inclusion in federal anti-discrimination law of protections against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and sex and/or gender identity.
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Biographies, Human Rights Advocacy, Social Model of Intersex
In November 2017, various members of IPSA appeared on an episode of SBS Insight