Push is on in Australia to End Intersex Abuses

October 25, 2017 Video US: Doctors Still Do Harmful Surgeries on Intersex Kids Medical professional associations should enact standards of care for intersex children that rule out medically unnecessary surgery before patients are old enough to consent. Public pressure is growing in Australia to end the harmful and unnecessary medical practices imposed on intersex people – people born with variations in sex characteristics. Today, we mark Intersex Awareness Day amid signs that the global push to ban these harmful procedures is gaining momentum. Earlier this month, Human Rights Watch submitted…

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