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What people with intersex traits want you to know
Thanks to my co-authors Bonnie Hart and Ingrid Rowlands, the people in the photo, and the editors at The Conversation for this explainer.
Keynote at 2026 conference of the Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law
I am delighted to be a keynote speaker at this year’s conference, 29 November to 2 December 2026, University of Western Australia.
Lih-Mei Liao psychosocial event at University of Sydney
On 26 February, Sydney Health Ethics, in partnership with InterAction for Health and Human Rights and PSI-I were delighted to host Dr Lih-Mei Liao at the University of Sydney for a very special event on psychosocial support for people with innate variations of sex characteristics.
Victoria passes health safeguards legislation
The Victorian Parliament has passed legislation to protect people with innate variations of sex characteristics from harm in medical settings.
The Missing Voice report
On 2 December 2025, Equality Australia launched The Missing Voice, a groundbreaking report on medical interventions still being performed on intersex children in Australia. I wrote analysis that underpins this work.
About HRT and puberty blockers in Queensland
The new Queensland government has suspended access to hormone replacement and puberty blockers for children and youths with gender dysphoria who are not already receiving treatment. How does this affect children with innate variations of sex characteristics (IVSCs/intersex variations/DSDs)?