OII Australia Making The Case For Why Intersex Is A Part Of LGBTIQ
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/19216/oii-austrailia-making-the-case-for-why-intersex-is-a-part-of-lgbtiq5/10/11
Autumn Sandeen
Organisation International de Intersex (OII) Australia, contriputed a piece entitled Intersex And Homophobia to Star Online, Autstrailia. The article asks why OII -- at least in Australia -- aligns itself with with with the LGBTQ community:
...How did intersex come to be allied to others who are a part of LGBTQ activism and community? Homophobia is the simple answer. Although people with physical differences are often subjected to prejudice because of those differences, for intersex there is more to it. Intersex researchers have noted the most common concern for parents when told their child is intersex is that it means their child is gay. Intersex surgery on infants addresses those parental fears by modifying anatomies so children will become men or women in heterosexual relationships.
