Many intersex people have suffered lifelong harm from medical procedures performed without their consent. Now the community hopes change is on the horizon, as the ACT looks to introduce laws that will restrict medical procedures on intersex children.
Proposed legislation in the Australian Capital Territory to protect the human rights of people, particularly children, with innate variations of sex characteristics (intersex) in medical settings, will set the benchmark for other states and territories.
Noah underwent surgeries to make him more typically male when he was just a baby. Now advocates are pushing to stop unnecessary procedures until intersex children are old enough to consent.
Noah underwent surgeries to make him more typically male when he was just a baby. Now advocates are pushing to stop unnecessary procedures until intersex children are old enough to consent.