New gene expression regulators shows that parts of supposed junk DNA could express or inhibit masculinisation of the features of the intrauterine fetus and post birth children. Read the full story on Nature Communications
Archives for December 2018
SAGE co-founder Tracie O’Keefe interviewed by Sydney Criminal Lawyers blog on SGD Life Over Suicide Project
SAGE co-founder Tracie O’Keefe was interviewed by a journalist who writes for the Sydney Criminal Lawyers website. Sydney Criminal Lawyers write about a range of social justice issues and were particularly interested in SAGE’s SGD Life Over Suicide Project. Read… Read More
Sean Botha’s SGD Life Over Suicide Story
I was four years old when I told my mom that I wanted to be a boy. The funny thing is, I cannot remember telling her. She told me in early 2017 this bit of information and I was completely… Read More
Barnaby Joyce’s insensitive, ignorant and prejudicial remarks of excluding trans children from schools of their gender choice raises calls for his resignation.
Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce has called for private schools to retain the right to ban or expel transgender children to stop them from going into single-sex change rooms and bathrooms. The former Nationals leader raised the example of… Read More
ANZ Bank stands up and supports intersex people by endorsing the Darlington Statement which sets out the diversity of intersex people.
One of Australia and New Zealand’s biggest banks has thrown its support behind the intersex community. ANZ became the first major publicly listed company in Australia and New Zealand to back the statement the Darlington Statement. The Darlington Statement is a… Read More
Rob Katter’s Queensland Gender bill at odds with advise from the states Anti-Discrimination Commission and could harm the rights of sex and/or gender diverse people.
Rob Katter, who is the son of federal MP Bob Katter, introduced the private member’s bill earlier this year in a “pre-emptive” bid to protect people from “frivolous discrimination claims” for using gendered language and to address “this radical political… Read More