Intersex and trans communities hail Tas Anti-Discrimination billAuthor // Serkan Ozturk// Oct 22, 2012
http://gaynewsnetwork.com.au/news/national/9222-intersex-and-trans-communities-hail-tas-anti-discrimination-bill.htmlhttp://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/bills/pdf/45_of_2012.pdfIntersex and other sex and gender diverse people are celebrating the release of the Tasmanian Government's proposed amendments to the state's Anti-Discrimination Act which will provide stronger protection for the transgender community and for the first time anywhere in Australia include specific protections for intersex people.
The move by the Tasmanian Government to provide explicit protection of the LGBTI community is seen as significant with Attorney-General Nicola Roxon currently working on new draft federal anti-discrimination laws.
Under the proposed Anti-Discrimination Amendment Bill 2012, intersex people are referred to directly and protected on the basis of anatomical differences of sex.
Intersex people have physical or genetic characteristics that are not wholly male or female.
