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Morgan Carpenter | |
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| Born | 1966 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation(s) | Community activist, researcher |
| Known for | Intersex activist, co-chair of Organisation Intersex International Australia |
| Website | morgancarpenter |
Morgan Carpenter is an intersex activist and researcher.[1] He became president of Organisation Intersex International Australia in September 2013, and is now a co-executive director.[2] In 2015, he founded a project to mark Intersex Awareness Day.[3] Australia's Gay News Network included him in their "LGBTI people to watch in 2014".[4]
Morgan Carpenter helped found Organisation Intersex International Australia[2] and became president of the organisation in September 2013.[2][5][6] His intersex status was diagnosed as an adult, described as including a diagnosis of "indeterminate sex",[7] and a complex surgical history.[8][9]
Carpenter wrote OII Australia's submissions to Senate inquiries and appeared before a Senate hearing on anti-discrimination legislation, during activities that led to the adoption of an "intersex status" attribute in anti-discrimination law on 1 August 2013,[6][10][11][12] and a Senate committee inquiry on involuntary or coerced sterilisation.[13][14][15] Carpenter has also authored critiques of eugenic selection against intersex traits.[16]
With recognition of non-binary gender identities in Australian regulations, and German birth certificates, Carpenter expressed concern that such developments are "not a solution" to the needs of intersex people.[17][18][19][20] Nevertheless, Carpenter is the recipient of a passport with an 'X' sex marker.[21]
While opposing use of "Disorders of Sex Development" or "DSD", as "pathologising" terminology,[22] Carpenter is named as a reviewer for a DSD Genetics website funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia.[23]
Carpenter took part in the "first United Nations Human Rights Council side event on intersex issues" in March 2014, alongside Mauro Cabral and representatives of Intersex UK and Zwischengeschlecht,[24] In 2015, Carpenter joined an international advisory board for a first philanthropic Intersex Human Rights Fund established by the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice.[25] In the same year, he founded a project to mark Intersex Awareness Day.[3][26]
Carpenter speaks out against stigma,[27] and has spoken out in national media on issues affecting women purported to have intersex traits in competitive sport.[28][29] In 2015, he participated in an analysis of access to sport and healthy lifestyles for the UN Special Rapporteur on health.[30]
In 2013, Australia's Gay News Network included Carpenter in their "LGBTI people to watch in 2014".[4]
