InterAction for Health and Human Rights

On November 8th, Intersex Solidarity Day and Intersex Day of Remembrance, we gathered to celebrate solidarity and remember those who have gone before. We honoured the life of Del Victus, a much‑loved community member who passed in December 2024, with the launch of the Del Victus Memorial Award. We remembered nominees who have passed in the last year including Marie Hart and Sinead Evelyn Francis‑Coan, and acknowledged the contributions of our other worthy nominees: Cody Smith, Gabriel Filpi, Margie McCumstie, Morgan Carpenter, Paul Byrne‑Moroney, YOUth&I, and Bonnie Hart. Congratulations to Bonnie Hart, recipient of the inaugural Del Victus Memorial Award, recognised for her decades of activism, art, and advocacy that have transformed lives and brought visibility and resources to intersex communities. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/g3sAQQGb #intersexsolidarityday2025 #intersexsolidarityday #intersexdayofremembrance #intersexdayofremembrance2025 #delvictusmemorialaward #delvictusmemorialaward2025 #bonniehart #mariehart #sineadfranciscoan

On 2 November in Adelaide, the annual Ian Purcell Oration celebrated the life and legacy of one of South Australia’s greatest LGBTIQA+ advocates. This year’s oration was delivered by Anna Brown OAM, reflecting on 50 years since the decriminalisation of homosexuality in SA. Anna spoke on strengthening discrimination laws, the power of a Human Rights Act, protections against hate speech, and the urgent need for inclusion of intersex voices in law reform. Her words reminded us that progress is never guaranteed — it must be defended, expanded, and made real in the lives of all LGBTIQA+ South Australians. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/gnUFr6Ak #annabrownoam #equalityaustralia #ianpurcellannualoration #varo #saraa #feastfestival #southaustralia #intersex

InterLink, our community-controlled and free psychosocial support service, has achieved accreditation in line with the National Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health Standards. The service primarily funded by the Australian government. It is available for people with innate variations of sex characteristics (intersex variations/differences of sex development) anywhere in Australia or Aotearoa NZ, and family members. Find out more, including how to make referrals to the service. https://lnkd.in/gaPwFD3u

#HappyIntersexSolidarityDay #FundIntersexFutures On this year’s Intersex Day of Solidarity, the Intersex movement celebrates the dedication, courage, and ongoing commitment of activists worldwide whose persistent advocacy and organisational efforts have resulted in significant advancements for intersex individuals at national, regional, and international levels. Despite considerable achievements, the sustainability of this progress is threated by the fact that intersex organisations continue to be among the least funded globally. In response, the Global Intersex Movement has issued a powerful statement and launched a Global Solidarity Campaign to fund intersex futures — a bold collective call to raise $20 million in new money over the next year with the aim of ensuring long-term sustainability and resilience of intersex movements worldwide. We invite allies and donors to read the statement (available in both English and Spanish) and circulate it within your networks to support a well-resourced, resilient, and sustainable future for intersex movements. https://lnkd.in/gqbqabMB

Today is Intersex Solidarity Day and Intersex Day of Remembrance. Earlier this afternoon, we held a ceremony to celebrate the power in solidarity and to commemorate and remember those who have gone before. We remembered and honoured the life of Del Victus with the awarding of the inaugural Del Victus Memorial Award for a member of our intersex community who has made a contribution to advocacy or activism efforts for people with innate variations of sex characteristics in Australia. We celebrated the lives of two nominees who have passed in the last year- Marie Hart and Sinead evelyn Francis-Coan. We acknowledged the contributions of our other worthy nominees- Bonnie Hart. Cody Smith, Gabriel Filpi, Margie McCumstie, Morgan Carpenter, Paul Byrne-Moroney and YOUth&I. Congratulations to the 2025 Recipient of the inaugural Del Victus Memorial Award- BONNIE HART! #intersexsolidarityday #intersexdayofremembrance #intersex #delvictusmemorialaward2025 #bonniehart

Today, Intersex Day of Solidarity (also termed Intersex Day of Remembrance) we have big news: the InterLink psychosocial support service is officially accredited under national quality and safety standards for digital mental health services https://lnkd.in/gMq84StM

You are invited to a special community gathering for Intersex Day of Remembrance/ Intersex Solidarity Day. THIS SATURDAY, November 8th at 4pm AEDST. The inaugural Del Victus Memorial Award recipient will be announced at the event. Zoom link to attend: https://lnkd.in/gzR6wwG6

InterAction for Health and Human Rights invites you to join our webinar Advancing Intersex Depathologization, coordinated by Mauro Cabral Grinspan. We’re holding 3 seminars in different timezones, in English and Spanish, between 17 and 20 November. Find one that works in your time zone! For centuries, the existence of people with innate variations in sex characteristics has been defined as a medical issue. Moreover, those variations have been identified as pathologies in themselves, regardless of their real impact on health and wellbeing. The ongoing process of depathologizing innate variations of sex characteristics also faces the challenge posed by a global wave of authoritarian movements, committed to pathologization as a social and political tool. Today, more than ever, it is urgent to mobilize our collective efforts to advance intersex depathologization in this burning world. https://lnkd.in/gCc_Gm6A

Better Together Conference concludes in Adelaide. There are two remaining intersex talks happening on this final day. 9.30am “Better Lives - an intersex project” with Simone-lisa Anderson 11am “Born This Way: Breaking Barriers Through Knowledge and Lived Experience” with Margie McCumstie

Thank you to Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice for this great interview with me about the yellow and purple intersex flag: "I think having a symbol that works for us, one that is about our own values, has helped the movement grow. It’s an emblem of our wholeness." Astraea was the first donor to both of InterAction's two founding organisations (IHRA and IPSA), and it remains really important to their work. https://lnkd.in/gf7rdzA9