Advocates have welcomed amendments that update references to people with sex variations across existing Tasmanian laws and make those references more inclusive. Intersex Peer Support Australia Tasmanian representative, Simone-lisa Anderson, said definitions relating to intersex people have been outdated and narrow. “It is vital that people with sex variations can be sure of equal inclusion […]
Category: Intersex Rights
Tasmania urged to follow ACT on intersex surgery ban
Tasmanian advocates have called on the state to follow the ACT’s lead by banning unnecessary, non-consenting medical interventions on children with innate variations of sex characteristics. Simone-lisa Anderson, the Tasmanian representative on Intersex Peer Support Australia, said, “Today is a monumental day for human rights protections.” “The ACT government has passed legislation to protect people […]
TASMANIAN INTERSEX ADVOCATES CONDEMN CHANDLER SPORTS DISCRIMINATION BILL
Tasmanian intersex advocates have joined the outcry against Senator Claire Chandler’s “Save Women’s Sport Bill” that allows the exclusion of some women from women’s sport. Tasmanian mother of an intersex child, and Intersex Peer Support Australia Tasmanian board member, Simone-lisa Anderson, said the Bill will allow discrimination against Intersex people. “Claire Chandler’s Bill seeks to […]