Intersex rights, medical norms & celebrating difference - talking with Morgan Carpenter

Send us Fan MailIn this episode we talk with Morgan Carpenter, a bioethicist and co-executive director of Intersex Human Rights Australia. We discuss Intersex rights, the power of medical language, diagnosis and interventions, and the intersectional politics and ethics of the Intersex community.  **Click to read about the Intersex Flag**ReferencesDarlington Statement‘Intersexion’ debate at Melbourne Medical Student Conference, 2020Morgan, Carpenter (2020), Caster Semenya’s life and achievements are cause for celebration, respect and inclusion; her exclusion is consequential, Journal of Medical Ethics. Fraser, Kenneth, M. J. J. O’Reilly, and J. R. Rintoul. 1966. ‘Hermaphroditus Verus, with Report of a Case’. Medical Journal of Australia 1 (24): 1003–8. doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1966.tb73198.x.In the marriage of C and D (falsely called C) (1979) FLC 90-636.Finlay, Henry A. 1980. ‘Sexual Identity and the Law of Nullity’. Australian Law Journal 54 (3): 115–26.Canberra Times. 1983. ‘S. Australian Officials Insist That Boys Won’t Be Girls’. Canberra Times, August 9.Undisciplinary - a podcast that talks across the boundaries of history, ethics, and the politics of health. Follow us on Twitter @undisciplinary_ or email questions for "mailbag episodes" [email protected]