Intersexions Cafe

Dear OII Members.

I have followed up on a mail by Curtis in regard to two Intersex orphans in Uganda that are of concern to our good friend and ally Julius. K . Kaggawa. http://www.sipd.webs.com/.

I had two reasons to correspond with Julius the first my concern for the two infants referred to below and the second the current attempt to introduce homophobic legislat...

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OII Australia provides GLLO training to NSW police.

OII Australia provided training to Gay and Lesbian Liaison Officers of the NSW police force on Thursday the 12 of November.

This was the first time NSW Police (or any Australian police as far as it is known) have been addressed by an Intersex person on Intersex issues.

Although th...

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OII has been made aware of these changes by Ms Lisa Karma an assistant registrar with BDM.
The NSW registry is now prepared to make amendments to a birth certificate because of a mistaken assignment at the time of Birth.
Below is The part of the legislation that allows this and a case study supplied by Ms Karam.
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Ms Semenya I never knew you.

The events surrounding the gold medal run by Ms Caster Semenya in August of this year has created a perfect storm of speculation around Intersex.

I know little about Ms Semenya save that she has, by winning a gold medal, brought the full force of sex binary enforcement and Intersexphobia down on her, apparentl...

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OII Australia will be attending the launch of the ICLC domestic
violence service and speak about how D.V affects Intersex.

ICLC offers assistance specific to Intersex and D.V in another world first.

http://www.starobserver.com.au:80/news/2009/06/30/new-service-for-domestic-violence-victims/14178

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