Charity promoting the health and human rights of people with innate variations of sex characteristics (intersex variations/differences of sex development)
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InterLink is our psychosocial support program for people with innate variations of sex characteristics (intersex traits) and our families. Find out more:
ilink.net.au
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YOUth&I is an intersex youth magazine, auspiced by IHRA, by youth with intersex variations, for everyone - download all 3 issues for free or read online
youthandi.org
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We are formally scaling down our use of this platform, in order to protect our staff. Please consider following us on other social media platforms, including those beginning with B, F and I
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InterAction for Health and Human Rights retweeted
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Today, on #IntersexAwarenessDay, we affirm the human rights of intersex people, including the right to autonomy and bodily integrity.
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10 years ago today (25 Oct 2013), a Senate Committee published a report on the ‘Involuntary or coerced sterilisation of intersex people in Australia’. It was the first parliamentary inquiry into intersex health anywhere in the world and we celebrate it!
ihra.org.au/40604/ten-years-…
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InterAction for Health and Human Rights retweeted
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Join us on Thursday, 5 October, for an #HRC54 side event mapping good practices and addressing the gaps in the protection of the human rights of intersex persons! 💛💜 ilga.org/hrc54-event-human-r…
ALT The image is surrounded by a frame in the colour of the intersex pride flag and mentions the date, location, language, and speakers of the HRC54 side event: 'Human rights of intersex persons: mapping good practices and addressing the gaps'
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We are thrilled with this lovely write up between Morgan Carpenter and Blume in Harper's Bazaar about all things intersex and #IntersexAwarenessDay coming up next month.
Check out the article here. harpersbazaar.com.au/what-do…
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Our statement regarding this year's referendum.
"We encourage anyone who meaningfully engages with human rights issues to vote yes in the referendum on October 14th."
Read more here. ihra.org.au/40473/vote-yes-t…
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InterAction for Health and Human Rights retweeted
24 Aug 2023
The Australian Journal of Human Rights has just published a peer-reviewed analysis by me of legislative and related reforms in the Australian Capital Territory, to protect children with intersex traits from harmful practices in medical settings
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InterAction for Health and Human Rights retweeted
7 Aug 2023
Newer cosmetic surgeries on babies born with #CAH are promoted as "nerve-sparing." But Dr. Casey Orozco-Poore's latest research says—there's no such thing. #StopIGM
interactadvocates.org/there-…
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The European Court of Human Rights has found that Caster Semenya has been discriminated against on several accounts. We applaud her success with this case.
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Access to sport is another way in which people born with diverse bodies are discriminated against. Our sports brief covers some of the issues in more detail.
ihra.org.au/sport/
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InterAction for Health and Human Rights retweeted
TODAY WE ARE CELEBRATING TEN YEARS OF THE INTERSEX PRIDE FLAG.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to our post reflecting on what the intersex flag means to them. We've been absolutely overwhelmed by your contributions.
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InterAction for Health and Human Rights retweeted
5 Jul 2023
The #intersex flag turns 10 years old today!
"Today the flag is inescapably associated with a worldwide human rights movement," @intersexaus writes. "One that recognises systemic injustice against intersex bodies and pursues vital protections." Read more: bit.ly/46zbNfe
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Please feel free to reach out to Cody to help us celebrate ten years of the intersex flag this Wednesday!
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Now that the dust has settled and legislation has passed, we'd like to take this opportunity to share some of media coverage, and take a moment to thank those who helped us to get here.
There really are too many for Twitter, click through to read.
ihra.org.au/40414/act-legisl…
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Over the next few weeks we’d like to publish some more information addressing questions about the legislation as well as misinformation that has popped up in response. If there is something that you would like to see addressed, feel free to contact us. ihra.org.au/contact/
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If you've seen something that we haven't. Feel free to reach out to us by email, or on Facebook, or Twitter.
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