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Advocates push to outlaw gender assignment surgery on intersex children in Tasmania
Robert Wilson is not your average chicken farmer.
Key points:
- Some members of Tasmania’s intersex community are frustrated at a lack of dedicated health services and support available in the state
- Advocates say operations should be delayed until children can consent to procedures, but some medical professionals say operations earlier in life are necessary
- Surgery on intersex children without their consent could be criminalised by the state government if it accepts a proposal by the Tasmania Law Reform Institute
Born intersex, he has a variation of both male and female genitalia.
Mr Wilson said he began to notice something different about his body when he was about eight years old.
“All the kids were in the bath together and my brother use to…
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