The Prim Minster told journalist Chris Uhlmann the he did not think a sign outside the toilets that said, “Please use the bathroom that best fits your gender identity”, was at all necessary. Read the full story on The Cranberra… Read More
Archives for August 2019
Victoria Finally Passes Law Allowing People to Change Their Birth Certificate Without Having Had Surgery
For many reasons people living as a sex other than their registered natal sex are unable to have or do not want to have any surgery forced upon them. Victorians are celebrating the passing of new laws that will now… Read More
Children Becoming The Target of Right Wing Vitriol
Fascists, religious zealots and extremist always choose soft targets to attack but attacking sex and/or gender diverse children must never become the norm or go unchallenged. Read the full story on The Guardian
Steph Lum is publishing a book by and for young intersex people
Being intersex within an often non-informed society can often be confronting particularly when the medical profession is also not well informed. Read the full story on The Canberra Times
Australian Superannuation Rules Forces Trans People to Identify as Mentally Ill
In 2017 Siobhan Frith was forced to tick the mental illness box to withdraw super to pay for surgery. Read the full story on ABC News
Australian Bureau of Statistics Includes Different Sex and/or Gender Classifications
For a long time, human rights campaigners have lobbied the ABS to include sex and/or gender diverse classifications in the national census that are other than strictly males or female. This is now coming to pass. Many intersex people cannot… Read More