Morgan Carpenter

Selected media in 2024

Wong, Kat. 2024. ‘LGBTQI People to Be “rendered Invisible” in 2026 Census’. The Canberra Times (and AAP network), 25 August 2024. https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8741660/lgbtqi-people-to-be-rendered-invisible-in-2026-census/.

Dowling, James. 2024. Why Imane Khelif Controversy Exposes Flaws in Olympic Gender Testing. The Australian. 11 August 2024.

Mannix, Liam. 2024. ‘Not so Simple: Boxer Imane Khelif and the Science of Sex’. The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 August 2024. https://www.smh.com.au/national/not-so-simple-boxer-imane-khelif-and-the-science-of-sex-20240805-p5jzlk.html.

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. 2024. ‘A “Big Victory” for Intersex People and Their Rights’. OHCHR. 5 April 2024. https://www.ohchr.org/en/stories/2024/04/big-victory-intersex-people-and-their-rights.

Selected media in 2023

Maher, Dani. 2023. ‘What Intersex Means, According To Intersex People’. Harper’s Bazaar Australia, September 2023. https://harpersbazaar.com.au/what-does-intersex-mean/.

Rowlands, Lyndal, producer. March 2023. ‘Intersex People Are Looking after Each Other’. 2023. Life Matters. ABC Radio National. https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/lifematters/intersex-people-are-looking-after-each-other/102154732.

Fenwicke, Claire. 2023. ‘ACT Introduces Australia-First Legislation to Outlaw “inappropriate” Interventions on Intersex People’. Riotact. 23 March 2023. https://the-riotact.com/act-introduces-australia-first-legislation-to-outlaw-inappropriate-interventions-on-intersex-people/645770.

Barclay, Paul, producer. March 2023. ‘The Right to Bodily Autonomy … and Not Getting over Racism, Feminism and Heartbreak’. Big Ideas. ABC Radio National. https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bigideas/bodily-autonomy-feminism-racism-heartbreak/102050572.

ABC ivew. March 2023. ‘Sydney WorldPride Human Rights Conference: Bodily Autonomy: A Fundamental Right’. ABC iview. https://iview.abc.net.au/video/RV2222H007S00.

Selected media in 2022

Cusack, Mikki, dir. 2022. ‘I Is for Intersex’. Weekends with Andrea Gibbs. Perth, Western Australia: ABC Radio. https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/weekends.

University of Sydney Faculty of Medicine and Health. 24 October 2022. ‘Fighting for the Human Rights of Intersex People’. FMH News. https://intranet.sydney.edu.au/medicine-and-health/news-events/news/2022/october/intersex-awareness-day.html.

triple j Hack. 2022. ‘What Does It Mean to Be Intersex?’ Triple j. https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/hack/13961436.

Rasmussen, Pip. 2022. ‘What It Means to Be Intersex’. The Hook Up Podcast. ABC. https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/the-hook-up-podcast/what-it-means-to-be-intersex/13939388.

MacKay, Kate. 2022. ‘SHE Pod Season 3 Episode 1: Morgan Carpenter on Intersex Human Rights and the Failure of Bioethics’. Sydney Health Ethics SHE Research Podcast. Accessed March 1. https://anchor.fm/shepod/episodes/SHE-Pod-Season-3-Episode-1-Morgan-Carpenter-on-Intersex-Human-Rights-and-the-Failure-of-Bioethics-e1ept0d.

Selected media in 2021

Rasker, Rachel. 25 October 2021. ‘What Does It Mean to Be Intersex?’ ABC Everyday. https://www.abc.net.au/everyday/what-does-it-mean-to-be-intersex-/100560854.

Davey, Melissa. 18 October 2021. ‘Intersex People Undergo Surgery When Too Young to Give Consent, Inquiry Told’. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/oct/18/intersex-people-undergo-surgery-when-too-young-to-give-consent-inquiry-told.

Trioli, Virginia. 18 October 2021. ‘Mornings’. ABC Radio. ABC Radio Melbourne. https://www.abc.net.au/radio/melbourne/programs/mornings/mornings/13580694. (Interviewed at around the 2:05 mark).

Lanera, Emilio. 18 July 2021. ‘Victoria Pledges To Ban Non-Consensual & Intrusive Surgeries On Intersex People’. Star Observer. https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/victoria-pledges-to-ban-non-consensual-intrusive-surgeries-on-intersex-people/204561.

Joy 94.9. 17 July 2021. ‘Morgan Carpenter from Intersex Human Rights Australia’. Saturday Magazine. https://joy.org.au/saturdaymagazine/2021/07/morgan-carpenter-2/.

Williams, Carly. 18 June 2021. ‘LGBTQI Activists Argue the 2021 Census Is Discriminatory’. ABC Radio. https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/am/lgbtqi-activists-argue-the-2021-census-is-discriminatory/13397310.

Selected media in 2020

Joy 94.9. 7 November 2020. ‘Morgan Carpenter from Intersex Human Rights Australia’. Saturday Magazine. https://joy.org.au/saturdaymagazine/2020/11/morgan-carpenter/.

Hempton, Courtney, and Chris Mayes. 10 September 2020. ‘Intersex Rights, Medical Norms & Celebrating Difference – Talking with Morgan Carpenter’. Undisciplinary – a bioethics podcast. https://www.buzzsprout.com/1104002/5339029-intersex-rights-medical-norms-celebrating-difference-talking-with-morgan-carpenter.

BBC World News. 2020. ‘Caster Semenya’s Defeat at the Swiss Federal Court’. BBC.

Selected media in 2019

Dingle, Sarah. 6 May 2019. ‘Worries “Distressing” Semenya Ruling Could Impact Other Sports’. PM. ABC Radio. https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/pm/worries-distressing-semenya-ruling-could-impact-other-sports/11085196.

Holmes, Tracey. ‘Caster Semenya and the UN Resolution on Discrimination against Women and Girls in Sport’. The Ticket. ABC Radio, 30 March 2019. https://soundcloud.com/user-410956050/the-ticket-un-castermp3/ and https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-ticket/id898138253?i=1000433882524.

Lotto Persio, Sofia. ‘UN Rights Council Condemns IAAF Testosterone Rule for Female Athletes’. Pink News, 22 March 2019. https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/03/22/un-iaaf-testosterone-female-athletes/.

Selected media in 2018

Duffield, Charlie. ‘“Being Intersex Can Be Beautiful” – It Shouldn’t Deny You Choices About Your Body’. RightsInfo, 11 December 2018. https://rightsinfo.org/intersex-human-rights-stigmatisation/.

Topsfield, Jewel. ‘Inquiry into Human Rights of Intersex People’. The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 September 2018. https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/inquiry-into-human-rights-of-intersex-people-20180915-p503xg.html.

Shalala, Amanda. ‘IAAF Female Classification Rules Slammed as “Blatantly Racist”’. ABC News, 28 April 2018. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-28/critics-say-iaaf-testosterone-rules-blatantly-racist/9706744.

Shalala, Amanda. ‘Interviews on IAAF Regulations with Dr Katrina Karkazis, Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz and Morgan Carpenter’. ABC News, 28 April 2018. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-28/critics-say-iaaf-testosterone-rules-blatantly-racist/9706744.

Copland, Simon, and Ben Riley. ‘Live Episode at Better Together Conference’. Queers, January 2018. https://www.queerspodcast.com/episodes/2018/1/24/live-better-together-2018.

Selected media in 2017

SBS Insight. ‘Intersex’. Insight. SBS, 7 November 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbiSmmCuiYo.

Sainty, Lane. ‘These Groups Want Unnecessary Surgery On Intersex Infants To Be Made A Crime’. BuzzFeed, 13 March 2017. https://www.buzzfeed.com/lanesainty/landmark-intersex-position-statement.

McVeigh, Sarah. ‘The “I” in LGBTQI: What It’s like Growing up Intersex’. Triple J, 7 March 2017. http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/what-its-like-growing-up-intersex/8331266.

Triple J Hack. ‘The “I” in LGBTQI: What It’s like Growing up Intersex (Live Radio Interview)’. Triple J, 7 March 2017. http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/hack/8312704.

Selected media in 2016

Copland, Simon. ‘The Medical Community’s Approach to Intersex People Is Still Primarily Focused on “normalising” Surgeries’. SBS, 15 December 2016. http://www.sbs.com.au/topics/sexuality/agenda/article/2016/12/15/medical-communitys-approach-intersex-people-still-primarily-focused-normalising.

Overington, Caroline. ‘Family Court Backs Parents on Removal of Gonads from Intersex Child’. The Australian, 7 December 2016. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/health-science/family-court-backs-parents-on-removal-of-gonads-from-intersex-child/news-story/60df936c557e2e21707eb198f1300276. [$]

Logo TV. ‘Global Ally: Intersex’. Logo TV, October 2016. http://www.globalally.org/categories/social-and-health/stories/intersex.

Stewart, Erin. ‘Haters and Hyperandrogenism: Caster Semenya’s Road to Becoming an Olympic Favourite’. SBS, 17 August 2016. http://www.sbs.com.au/topics/zela/article/2016/08/17/haters-and-hyperandrogenism-caster-semenyas-road-becoming-olympic-favourite.

Brook, Benedict. ‘There Should Be No Questions about Caster Semenya’s Right to Compete at the Olympics, Say Experts’. NewsComAu, 16 August 2016. http://www.news.com.au/sport/olympics/athletics/there-should-be-no-questions-about-caster-semenyas-right-to-compete-at-the-olympics-say-experts/news-story/b94c22e0b11e7f03af9c911c45a3329e. Please note that some intersex people do transition, but specific, current and different IAAF/IOC rules apply to transgender athletes. We don’t know if Caster Semenya has an intersex trait or not, but she is simply competing with the body she was born with, in the sex and gender she has always been.

Milanowicz, Katie. ‘Intersex Body Politics’. Lateral Magazine, 7 March 2016. http://www.lateralmag.com/articles/issue-8/intersex-body-politics. Please note that Morgan is pro-personal consent, not anti-surgery.

Larsson, Naomi. ‘Is the World Finally Waking up to Intersex Rights?’ The Guardian, 10 February 2016, sec. Global Development Professionals Network. http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2016/feb/10/intersex-human-rights-lgbti-chile-argentina-uganda-costa-rica.

Sainty, Lane. ‘This Is What It’s Like To Be Intersex In Australia In 2016’. BuzzFeed, 4 February 2016. http://www.buzzfeed.com/lanesainty/largest-ever-survey-of-intersex-australians-shows-high-rates.

Selected media in 2015

Cianciotto, Jason. ‘Intersex and the City’. Huffington Post, 23 December 2015. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-cianciotto/intersex-and-the-city_b_8855230.html.

Morcom, Jake. ‘The Chat with Jake Morcom’. 2ser 107.3, 8 November 2015. http://www.2ser.com/component/k2/item/18939-sunday-8-november-morgan-carpenter.

The Feed. ‘Intersex: The I in LGBTI’. The Feed. SBS, 10 March 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGo-drndBRY.

Selected media in 2013

Cox, Lisa. ‘ACT Government Bill Will Introduce Wider Gender Identification’. The Canberra Times. 29 November 2013. http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/act-government-bill-will-introduce-wider-gender-identification-20131128-2yejc.html.

Muller, Natalie. ‘Third Sex Option on Birth Certificates’. Deutsche Welle, 1 November 2013. http://www.dw.de/third-sex-option-on-birth-certificates/a-17193869.

Coorey, Madeleine. ‘Australia Embraces New Gender Guidelines’. Agence France Presse, 14 June 2013. https://sg.news.yahoo.com/intersex-included-australias-gender-guidelines-015703189.html.