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Jul 6
  What is intersex? Intersex is physical differences in sex. They are differences where a person may appear to have features typical of both a male and a female, where a person may not be fully male or female or where a person is neither male nor female. What causes intersex? The search for the things that cause intersex has lead medical practitioners to treat intersex differences like a sickness. OII Australia disagrees with this approach and holds that intersex is one of a number of physical differences in the spectrum of all the differences that are humanly possible. All information from OII Australia

 

What is intersex?

Intersex is physical differences in sex. They are differences where a person may appear to have features typical of both a male and a female, where a person may not be fully male or female or where a person is neither male nor female.

What causes intersex?

The search for the things that cause intersex has lead medical practitioners to treat intersex differences like a sickness.

OII Australia disagrees with this approach and holds that intersex is one of a number of physical differences in the spectrum of all the differences that are humanly possible.

All information from OII Australia

Posted 1 year ago

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both, female, intersex, intersexphobia, lgbtq, lgbtqi, male, xx, xy, australia,

May 14
LGB Australia Tourist? Just looking for more information about LGBTQ events hosted in The Land Down Under? website: galta.com.au/

LGB Australia

Tourist? Just looking for more information about LGBTQ events hosted in The Land Down Under?

website: galta.com.au/

Posted 2 years ago

11 notes

australia, events, land down under, new zealand, queer, tourism, lesbian, gay, bisexual,

May 3
Homosexuality - Legal/Illegal Map from glen.ie (gay and lesbian education network) Map from early 2010 — update version needed. colors - Gray: no information (Homosexuality Legal) Dark Blue : same-sex marriage Blue: same-sex unions Light Blue: no same-sex unions (Homosexuality Illegal) Beige: minimal penalty Dark Beige: large penalty Dark Orange: life in prison Red: death penalty Dark Gray: no information on penalty

Homosexuality - Legal/Illegal Map

from glen.ie (gay and lesbian education network)

Map from early 2010 — update version needed.

colors -

Gray: no information

(Homosexuality Legal)

Dark Blue : same-sex marriage

Blue: same-sex unions

Light Blue: no same-sex unions

(Homosexuality Illegal)

Beige: minimal penalty

Dark Beige: large penalty

Dark Orange: life in prison

Red: death penalty

Dark Gray: no information on penalty

Posted 2 years ago

38 notes

lgbtq, lgbt, gay, lesbian, law, penalty, death, marriage, equality, north america, south america, africa, europe, asia, australia, middle east,