InterAction for Health and Human Rights

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

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

@veenusau Thank you for sharing your story! Connecting with community is so powerful

So in a group of my professional peers, whilst speaking to some folks who knew better, here was me at 26 finding out that I was also intersex. It took me until mid 2019 to process this and be out and proud. It took me until 2021 to find a partner who wasn't scared by it.

My story; a thread. I didn't know I was intersex until I was 26, despite being diagnosed with an intersex condition at 16. I had a 51% attendance rate in Yr 11 due to chronic abdominal pain, later diagnosed as PCOS, endometriosis, and heterozygous CAH with non-classic symptoms.

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Today, on #IntersexAwarenessDay, we affirm the human rights of intersex people, including the right to autonomy and bodily integrity. Image via @intersexaus. 1/4

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-year…

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-hu…

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-does-inte…

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…

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 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

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-are-no-n…

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/

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

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. ihra.org.au/40427/10-years…

Please feel free to reach out to Cody to help us celebrate ten years of the intersex flag this Wednesday!

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