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Health and Wellbeing

Interpersonal and intimate relationships

These resources focus on interpersonal and intimate relationships. This information is specifically developed for people with an IVSC and addresses specific ways in which healthy and unhealthy behaviours and dynamics can relate to common experiences of having an IVSC.
25 May 2025
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Understanding abuse in relationships

This fact sheet is for people with innate variations of sex characteristics and is not intended to give legal advice. This page links to a resource in the InterLink resource hub.
25 May 2025
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Healthy relationships

A resource unpacking the qualities of healthy relationships for people with innate variations of sex characteristics and family members. This page links to a resource in the InterLink resource hub.
25 May 2025
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Health and Wellbeing

Sex, sexuality and your body

A fact sheet intended for people with intersex variations/variations of sex characteristics and their family members. This page links to a resource in the InterLink resource hub.
25 May 2025
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Marriage and Relationships

Yes to marriage equality!

We welcome the 61.6% majority 'yes' verdict, and a majority in every State and Territory. OII Australia hopes that Parliament will now legislate to enable every adult couple to marry, irrespective of their sex characteristics.
15 Nov 2017
Yes to marriage equality
Marriage and Relationships

Vote YES for marriage equality

We encourage our members, supporters and broader constituency to vote YES for marriage equality, and we encourage you to talk with your family, friends and colleagues about voting YES for marriage equality.
1 Sep 2017
Yes to marriage equality
Domestic and Family Violence

Marriage and people with intersex variations

This submission to a Senate inquiry on an exposure draft marriage bill discusses the role of medical interventions in preparing intersex bodies for marriage, as well as issues accessing marriage. It analyses the implications of marriage laws in Australia before marriage equality.
9 Jan 2017
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Marriage and Relationships

Submission on a plebiscite on the matter of marriage

OII Australia has made a submission opposing a proposed plebiscite or referendum on the matter of marriage in Australia.
16 Sep 2015
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Androgen Insensitivity (AIS)

Tony Briffa speaks at Senate hearing on recognition of foreign marriages

Tony Briffa spoke at a Senate hearing on recognition of foreign marriages, based on a personal submission endorsed by OII Australia.
29 Sep 2014
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Marriage and Relationships

Tony and Manja Briffa speak at marriage equality rally in Melbourne, 16 August 2014

Tony and Manja Briffa spoke at a Marriage Equality rally in Melbourne, on 16 August 2014. Here's Tony's speech.
20 Aug 2014
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Anti-discrimination

Intersex Awareness Day, 2013

Here are this year's Intersex Awareness Day words, by Morgan Carpenter, OII Australia president.
27 Oct 2013
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Marriage and Relationships

Tony Briffa: When is marriage equality not marriage equality?

Tony Briffa on marriage equality and legislative proposals in Tasmania and ACT.
19 Oct 2013
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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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