Morgan Carpenter, Author at Star Observer /author/morgan-carpenter Setting Australia’s LGBTI agenda since 1979 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 04:55:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 /wp-content/uploads/2023/02/starobs.png Morgan Carpenter, Author at Star Observer /author/morgan-carpenter 32 32 Intersex-related research must have direct input from intersex community /opinion/intersex-related-research-must-have-direct-input-from-intersex-community/141997 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 04:55:48 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=141997 An Australian-based research institute announced a genetic discovery that purported to help understand why some people are born intersex. The discovery came just weeks before Intersex Awareness Day on October 26. In light of this, Morgan Carpenter explains why such medical "discoveries" are examples of stigmatising intersex as a "disorder".

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]]> Why Intersex Awareness Day is important /opinion/soapbox-opinion/why-intersex-awareness-day-is-important/129275 /opinion/soapbox-opinion/why-intersex-awareness-day-is-important/129275#comments Fri, 24 Oct 2014 21:15:16 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=129275 With Intersex Awareness Day fast approaching on October 26, Organisation Intersex International (OII) Australia president Morgan Carpenter pens his thoughts on why it's important, and why we need to raise more awareness to fight stigma and discrimination.

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]]> /opinion/soapbox-opinion/why-intersex-awareness-day-is-important/129275/feed 1 Intersex explained and the issues that confront us /opinion/soapbox-opinion/intersex-explained-and-the-issues-that-confront-us-2/120174 /opinion/soapbox-opinion/intersex-explained-and-the-issues-that-confront-us-2/120174#comments Thu, 13 Mar 2014 06:12:38 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=120174 INTERSEX people are born with atypical physical, hormonal or genetic sex characteristics. Historically, the word “hermaphrodite” was used. Hermaphrodite has since become more closely associated, in biology, with species that ...

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