A University of Sydney-led research project by Dr Morgan Carpenter, PhD, Prof Ainsley Newson Prof. Ainsley Newson 💉💉💉💉💉 & A/Prof A/Prof Julie Mooney-Somers has been awarded $5M in Australian Department of Health and Aged Care #MRFF funding to help create a safer & better future for people with innate variations in sex characteristics (IVSC).

The United Nations Human Rights Council's landmark resolution calling on states to protect #intersex people’s human rights was the result of tireless activism from the community. Learn more: ohchr.org/en/stories/202…

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As a member of the core group along with 🇫🇮🇨🇱🇿🇦,🇦🇺welcomes the United Nations Human Rights Council Resolution on the rights of intersex persons. This is a landmark step forward. We're proud to have worked closely with civil society to be a strong international voice on this important issue. #HRC55

The UN Human Rights Council has passed a first-ever resolution on the human rights of intersex people, with no votes against. This is a phenomenal outcome, with so many colleagues and friends to thank

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A multi-institutional research team has been awarded $5M from the Australian Department of Health and Aged Care's Medical Research Future Fund to help create a safer and better future for people with innate variations in sex characteristics (IVSC).

Religious school homophobia causes long-term harm. Trust me, I know.

But we know that change is possible, too - if only there is the political will.

Anthony Albanese should be running towards this reform, not walking away.
#auslaw #auspol
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PRESS RELEASE: the #ICJ indicates additional provisional measures following South Africa’s request of 6 March 2024 in the case #SouthAfrica v. Israel bit.ly/3IVfOjp

Photo story: Six months after the full-scale invasion of Gaza, 30,000 Palestinians are dead, dozens of children have died of hunger and more than half a million Gazans face starvation

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Reply to Hadidi (more on the ethics of 'early' surgery for hypospadias) buff.ly/3TplIPM

I am appalled by the tragic human toll of the conflict in Gaza - more than 30,000 people reportedly killed and over 70,000 injured.

I reiterate my call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire and the unconditional release of all hostages.

“Should we correct hypospadias during childhood?” A question of facts and values - Journal of Pediatric Urology buff.ly/42icpnN

The world needs to uphold international law and justice - not a ‘rules based order’. We, UN human rights experts, welcome start of ICJ genocide hearings in the Hague and reiterate call for ceasefire. ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

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!

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Blume and me in Harper’s Bazaar:

“There’s this saying that the ‘I’ is for ‘invisible,’ because nobody knows about us. But we’re really over that and we really want to change that.” - Blume

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Published! Medical necessity and consent for intimate procedures | Journal of Medical Ethics buff.ly/3EgA10Q - with LoriBruce

Cheers to the fabulous lesbians carrying the emotional weight of a nation. thepinknews.com/2023/08/15/aus…