…t to make informed decisions. OII Australia fully supports the call made by Tony for these interventions to end. Indeed, this is a core goal of our organisation. More information Briffa, Tony. 2004. ‘Intersex Surgery Disregards Children’s Human Rights’. Nature 428 (April): 695. https://doi.org/10.1038/428695a….
…itled WESTANDPROUD, the move celebrates “pride, visibility and diversity”: Tony is a human rights and GLBTIQ advocate and was the first openly intersex mayor in the world. Tony has been instrumental in the many positive GLBTIQ-related developments at Hobsons Bay and the West in recent years. Tony has lived in Altona since birth and recently travelled to New Zealand to marry Manja. The movie screened for the first time on 19 May in Yarraville, Vict…
…Victorian intersex local government politician and Altona ward councillor Tony Briffa has been elected Mayor of Hobsons Bay in Victoria, in a possible world first – congratulations, Tony! More information Read in Hobsons Bay Weekly: Mayor Briffa wants to move with the times Read in the Hobsons Bay Leader: Briffa elected mayor of Hobsons Bay…
…ish to particularly pay my respects to GLBTI indigenous people. My name is Tony Briffa. I am an intersex person and I am here representing the two national intersex organisations in Australia – Organisation Intersex International Australia (OII) and the AIS Support Group Australia. This forum’s vision is about ensuring social inclusion, participation and freedom from discrimination, so I am going to talk about those things from an intersex perspec…
…approach treatment and so it would have been in my case. More information Briffa, Tony. 2018. ‘Intersex Variations: Western Medicine and the Hippocratic Oath’. Archer Magazine (blog). 28 September 2018. http://archermagazine.com.au/2018/09/intersex-variations-western-medicine-and-the-hippocratic-oath/. Pallotta-Chiarolli, Maria (editor). 2018. Living and Loving in Diversity An Anthology of Australian Multicultural Queer Adventures. Adelaide, Sout…
…the first city in the world to elect an out intersex person as its mayor! Tony spoke about the diversity within the City of Hobsons Bay, the way the diversity she embodies affected her election to the council and work she did, the way the community responded to her as Mayor, and the challenges of being a publicly elected official when you are also intersex, queer and ethnic. More information Conference details Download Tony’s presentation slides…
…Councillor Tony Briffa JP, mayor of Hobsons Bay, Victoria, and the world’s first known intersex mayor, interviewed by Word for Word on Joy 94.9 radio. Download audio file JOY 94.9’s Word for Word interviews intersex Hobsons Bay Mayor Tony Briffa in My Intersex Life – click to download this MP3 file….
On 1 July, Tony Briffa presented to the University of Melbourne medical student conference at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, along with clinicians Garry Warne and Sonia Grover, and ethicist Lynn Gillam. This talk will discuss the different kinds of intersex conditions, what causes them, how decisions about both medical and surgical management are made and who is involved in making those decisions. A number of perspectives will be presented in this…
…e and Bonnie Hart, is released. It includes segments with Chris Somers and Tony Briffa. 2011 X marks the spot 3-5 September 2011: Gina Wilson participates in the first International Intersex Forum, in Belgium. October 2011: We write on improved access to “X” passports. Members of OII Australia know Alex Macfarlane, the first recipient of an Australian “X” passport, first reported in 2003. 19 December 2011: Labor becomes the first Australian politi…
…“Arthur, Martha and everyone else”: equality now for intersex, trans and gender diverse peoples We’re delighted that Tony Briffa spoke at Monash University’s Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, on the human rights of intersex people, on 7 October from 6pm to 7.30pm. The Castan Centre is part of the university’s Faculty of Law. More information Equality now for intersex, trans and gender diverse peoples…
…airs will become our joint Executive Directors as of 1 December 2016. Both Tony Briffa and Morgan Carpenter will be contracted part time on systemic advocacy, health and human rights work for Australians with intersex traits. A key initial task will be to develop a business plan for the organisation, but we also expect both Morgan and Tony to increase our availability, our visibility and our engagement in Australia and internationally. We would li…
Tony and Manja speak on marriage equality at a rally in Melbourne, 2014. Tony Briffa, our Vice President, is getting married to Manja today in council chambers in Dunedin, NZ. Tony is a Councillor and former Mayor of Hobsons Bay, Victoria. We share Tony and Manja’s excitement! We hope that today is beautiful for both Tony and Manja and we wish them heartfelt best wishes for a wonderful future together. Love and hugs from everyone in OII Australia…
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