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For Those Who Might Speak on Our Behalf

Started by Shana A, September 15, 2009, 08:13:08 AM

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Shana A

September 15, 2009, 08:13:08 AM

For Those Who Might Speak on Our Behalf

by admin on Tuesday, 15 September, 2009

http://oiiaustralia.com/speak-behalf/

We at OII Australia were stunned and amazed at how everyone else except us were asked by members of the Australian media to speak about intersex and on behalf of intersex people.

We were almost uniformly appalled at what was said about Mokgadi Caster Semenya and intersex itself by the people who were asked to comment.

The ignorance, and even the hatefulness, we read and heard were unpleasant. None of these 'experts' did it with our consent or approval. We were not asked by any journalist to speak on our own behalf or to recommend people
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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