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…Morgan Carpenter at the Australian Human Rights Commission, February 2017 Tony Briffa speaking at the Darwin Outgames Human Rights Forum, May 2014 Morgan Carpenter speaking at a UN Human Rights Council side event, March 2014 Analysis and information news articles have also been published in peer-reviewed journals and books, with decades of experience, as well as The Guardian, ABC’s The Drum (November 2013 and March 2014), as well as Australian LG…

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Submission to WPATH on the draft SOC8 intersex chapter

…and, Organisation Intersex International Australia, Eve Black, Kylie Bond, Tony Briffa, Morgan Carpenter, et al. 2017. ‘Darlington Statement’. https://darlington.org.au/statement. Dreger, Alice. 2018. ‘Twenty Years of Working toward Intersex Rights’. In Bioethics in Action, 55–73. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781316343197.004. Vora, Komal A, and Shubha Srinivasan. 2020. ‘A Guide to Differences/Disorders of Sex Development/Intersex in C…

Board and staff at our strategic planning weekend, 16 July 2022: Cody Smith, Dr Aileen Kennedy, Morgan Carpenter, Dr Alice de Jonge, Paul Byrne-Moroney, Dr Anita Jacombs, Clare MacDonald, Olympia Balopitos, Dr Agli Zavros-Orr, Councillor Tony Briffa

Our first face-to-face meeting since Jan 2020: strategic planning weekend

…see Cody Smith, Dr Aileen Kennedy, Morgan Carpenter, Dr Alice de Jonge, Paul Byrne-Moroney, Dr Anita Jacombs, Clare MacDonald, Olympia Balopitos, Dr Agli Zavros-Orr, Councillor Tony Briffa. Thank you to Dr Hannah Holland for taking the photo. Sadly, Candice Cody was unable to join us. Our board Our staff…

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Challenging bad practice in pathology

…and, Organisation Intersex International Australia, Eve Black, Kylie Bond, Tony Briffa, Morgan Carpenter, et al. 2017. ‘Darlington Statement’. https://darlington.org.au/statement. Third international intersex forum. 2013. ‘Malta Declaration: Public Statement by the Third International Intersex Forum’. Floriana, Malta. https://ihra.org.au/24241/public-statement-by-the-third-international-intersex-forum/. [11] Australian Bureau of Statistics. 2021….

Aboriginal, Intersex and Australian flags flying in Altona on Intersex Awareness Day, 2018

Intersex Awareness Day, 2018

…e director Tony Briffa is deputy mayor of Hobsons Bay. https://twitter.com/tonybriffa/status/1055703255290798083 The City of Darebin in Victoria is also flying the flag – thanks! – and they have an excellent picture: https://twitter.com/CityofDarebin/status/1055671901492719616 The Story Bridge, Brisbane, lit in purple and gold, 2017   On 27 October, the Story Bridge in Brisbane will again be lit in purple and yellow for Intersex Awareness Day. Fol…

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We celebrate our 10th anniversary

…uman Rights and ILGA World. So much work remains unfinished, however. Tony Briffa is co-executive director of IHRA and ILGA World secretary. She says: Like the intersex human rights movement, Intersex Human Rights Australia (IHRA) has come a long way in the last 10 years. IHRA has been instrumental in key changes both nationally and internationally, but we still have so much to do. Most people still don’t know what intersex is, intersex children a…

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Ten years of ‘X’ passports, and no protection from discrimination

…they choose, as a result of campaigning also by Alex MacFarlane. Cllr Tony Briffa is also the recipient of a birth certificate that does not record a binary sex (Tony’s preferred option, however, is to record both binary sexes). In 2011, the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade (DFAT) revised the policy to allow more people to obtain an ‘X’ passport, including non-binary trans folk as well as non-binary intersex folk, on the basis of a simple let…

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Healthcare pathways for intersex people

…Morgan Carpenter and Tony Briffa (OII Australia) and Bonnie Hart (AISSGA) spoke on intersex healthcare in Geelong in October. The event also discussed healthcare pathways for transgender and gender diverse youth. Morgan gave a presentation: Tony and Bonnie participated in a panel discussion with Dr Nate Reid and Tracy Whitmore:…

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Changes at 2015 AGM

…nd the board meeting made the following appointments: Morgan Carpenter and Tony Briffa are co-chairs. Alex David is secretary. Candice Cody is treasurer. More information on board members can be found on our board page. We thank everyone who participated in the AGM, and particularly thank our outgoing directors: Karin Gottschalk, a founding director of the company; Bonnie Hart, also the president of AISSGA; and Andie Hider. More information The bo…

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Health in Difference, 2021

…uarie University/Sydney Queer Muslims), Mandy Henningham (University of Sydney) and Leanne Beagley (Mental Health Australia). The session is chaired y Simon Ruth (Thorne Harbour Health). Friday 30 April Tony Briffa will deliver a keynote address on the final morning of the conference, at 9.35am. More information Find out more about the conference at https://healthindifference.org…

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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. UPDATE, 24 August: Details of the Senate submissions and hearing have moved here. Thank you for the introduction and thank you to Equal Love for continuing the campaign for marriage equality for 10 years! I’m an intersex person and I’m embarrassed. Embarrassed of our country’s leaders and their commitment to treat certain couples with c…

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Domestic and family violence

…and, Organisation Intersex International Australia, Eve Black, Kylie Bond, Tony Briffa, Morgan Carpenter, et al. 2017. ‘Darlington Statement’. https://darlington.org.au/statement. Asquith, Nicole L., Anneke Collison, Lisa Lewis, Kai Noonan, Eloise Layard, Guneet Kaur, Fernanda Bellei, and Erdem Yigiter. 2019. ‘Home Is Where Our Story Begins: CALD LGBTIQ+ People’s Relationships to Family’. Current Issues in Criminal Justice 31 (3): 311–32. doi:10.1…