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This year ITANZ and Intersex Youth Aotearoa are creating our own visual campaign for Intersex Awareness Day 2019. Join us in the lead up to this annual event, with these educational images below. These have been made with the help of some amazing friends volunteering their time and skills. A giant thanks to Ted Whitaker […]

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The New Zealand Parliament’s rainbow select committee room has been refurbished a decade after it was first opened. Proudly displayed among many other flags of note is the intersex flag! It was first opened in 2008, when then Speaker Hon Margaret Wilson approved the dedication of the room to the nation’s gay, lesbian, and transgender […]

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Morgan Carpenter of Intersex Human Rights Australia, wrote the segment below after designing the flag in 2013… “We struggle a bit with symbols for intersex, and people with intersex variations; many of us don’t see the need for them, while other people seem to like something to identify with. There is no commonly understood symbol or flag, […]

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ITANZ is proud to share the role of host Ropu, alongside the Tiwhanawhana Trust and RainbowYOUTH for this years ILGA World Conference, 2019!

ILGA is being held here in Te Whanganui-a-Tara.

Up to 400 people from 160 countries are attending this year's conference! Over 30 intersexy people are among this wonderful bunch.

Our visitors for the conference feature many activists and contributors to LGBTIQA+ organisations. 

Over 120 scholarships were granted for the event, supporting delegates from 87 countries – over 75% of whom come from the Global South. A strong emphasis was placed on supporting people from marginalised population groups and identities - including sex workers, persons with disabilities, persons living with HIV, and more.

Image credit Mani Mitchell

Wellington Airport Rainbow in support of Pride and ILGA

Find out more by clicking on the link below. Day registrations are still available!

https://www.wellington2019.nz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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