Keynote Speakers
We are honoured to have our wonderful keynote speakers - Morgan Carpenter, Sara Phillips and Kitty Anderson. They have been instrumental in Ireland and around the world, through their work in the advocacy and academic arenas, to raise awareness about being intersex and living with atypical sex characteristics. They have also been at the 'frontline' on so many occasions ensuring that the voices of intersex people are heard and that their human rights are respected and upheld across all aspects of life and society. We thank them for their tremendous work and for their support of our Intersex Mapping project here in DCU and look forward to welcoming them to our conference on 21st & 22nd April 2021.
We're excited!
Morgan Carpenter (Image: Mark Dickson)
Morgan Carpenter is a bioethicist, advocate, and consultant on bodily diversity issues. An intersex man, he is a co-executive director of Intersex Human Rights Australia and creator of the intersex flag. Morgan plays an active role in systemic advocacy on legislative, regulatory and clinical reform. He participated in the first expert meeting held by the UN on ending human rights violations against intersex persons in 2015 and, during 2017, was a member of a drafting committee for the Yogyakarta Principles plus 10 on the application of international human rights law in relation to sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics. Current roles include membership of an Australian Human Rights Commission expert group on protecting the human rights of people born with variations of sex characteristics in the context of medical interventions. He is also a DCU alumnus.
Sara R. Phillips
Sara R Phillips is an Intersex and trans activist working in Ireland. Sara has been been involved with trans activism for over 26 years. As a founding member, she is currently chair of Intersex Ireland. She is currently in her third 3 year term as chair of the board of directors of Ireland‘s national trans organisation, Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI).
Sara has represented the trans community on governmental review bodies and at international conferences. She has been an activist across many intersectional campaigns over the past 40 years.
Sara is a qualified Chartered Accountant and currently the National Manager in Ireland for multinational construction materials manufacturer RPM-CPG. Sara has extensive experience in international business and finance, in both the construction and entertainment industries.
Kitty Anderson
Kitty Anderson is an Intersex activist based in Iceland. In 2014, she co-founded Intersex Iceland, and currently serves as Chairperson. She is secretary of the executive board of Organisation Intersex International and board chair of the Icelandic Human Rights Office. In 2015, she served on the board of The National Queer Organisation of Iceland, Samtökin 78. She also served on Iceland's Ministry of Welfares Queer Committee from 2014-2016.