Five years ago, Tony Briffa had a letter published in the journal Nature. OII Australia fully supports the call made by Tony for protection of the right to physical integrity. Indeed, this is a core goal of our organisation.
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.
The Victorian Parliament has passed the Health Safeguards Bill, protecting the health and wellbeing of children with innate variations of sex characteristics.
On 2 Dec 2025, Equality Australia launched The Missing Voice, a groundbreaking report that shines a light on the medical interventions still being performed on intersex children in Australia.
Today, the Victorian Government took a historic step toward protecting the rights of children with innate variations of sex characteristics, introducing legislation that will prevent unnecessary medical interventions without the individual’s free and informed consent.
On a joyful evening at the Victorian Pride Centre in St Kilda, Melbourne (Naarm), Intersex Peer Support Australia (IPSA) celebrated its 40th birthday — marking four decades as the longest running intersex organisation in Australia, and possibly the world.
2024 has been a huge and transformative year for us. Thanks to all members, directors and staff, donors, and all our partners around the country and internationally. We look forward to continuing to collaborate in 2025.
Find out also about our opening hours over the summer holiday period.
The 2016 and 2021 censuses sought to capture data on people with innate variations of sex characteristics (intersex variations/differences of sex development), but they did so in ways that were harmful and that did not produce reliable, meaningful data. We have an opportunity to do better in the 2026 census.
Acknowledgement of Country
Our Australian staff and board live and work on First Nations lands. We recognise that sovereignty over this land was never ceded and that this always was and always will be Aboriginal land. We acknowledge the continued connection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to land, waterways and community and pay our respects to all First Nations people.
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