InterACT resources
InterACT has launched two new resources, for allies and Gay Straight Alliance Networks.
2015
Motion introduced into NSW State Parliament
Jenny Leong, Greens MP for Newtown in New South Wales, Australia, has introduced a motion to recognise Intersex Awareness Day in the State Parliament.
Submission of NGO report on Austria to UN Treaty Body
On 26 October 2015, VIMÖ and Zwischengeschlecht jointly submitted an NGO Report on Austria to the UN Committee against Torture.
Love Letters
Small Luk of BBKCI Beyond the Boundary – Knowing and Concerns Intersex” (藩籬以外-認識及關愛雙性⼈) has launched the Love Letters video series for families.
Publication of joint ICD submission
Mauro Cabral (GATE/Justicia Intersex) has announced publication of a 2014 community submission to the World Health Organization on reform of the International Classification of Diseases.
The marks on our bodies
Mauro Cabral Grinspan draws a line between the marks on his flesh and the words that clinicians use to define and treat intersex bodies.
Girl Comet on Intersex Awareness Day
Dalea, pop-rock vocalist and founder of the Girl Comet community, published this video for Intersex Awareness Day 2015.
Pan-Asia intersex gathering in Taipei
A first gathering of intersex activists from around Asia will happen at the 2015 ILGA Asia conference.
Morgan Carpenter on medicalisation and genetics
Morgan Carpenter of OII Australia writes on medicalisation, and the role of intersex-led organisations.
Remembering Sally, and the intersex movement in South Africa
Nthabiseng Mokoena writes about Sally Gross, the NGO Industrial Complex, and being an intersex activist in South Africa.
InterACT series on “What Intersex Awareness Day means to me”
A series of posts on the InterACT blog explore the meaning of Intersex Awareness Day.
Mani Mitchell reports on Intersex Awareness Day
Mani Bruce Mitchell of the Intersex Trust of Aotearoa New Zealand (ITANZ) calls for an end to the “fixing” of intersex children.