…tutions to make use of the variables in these Standards in their research. Tony Briffa comments: Intersex is often conflated as a sex or gender, and is rarely recorded accurately in data. The changes by The Australian Bureau of Statistics following much community consultation is extremely encouraging and I hope it’s a model other jurisdictions can follow. Most intersex people are men or women yet many organisations trying to be inclusive of inters…
…“This is an historic step forward for the global intersex community”, says Tony Briffa, Chair of the Intersex Committee at ILGA World and a Co-Executive Director of Intersex Human Rights Australia. “For the first time States have taken the lead, recognised the historic injustice that people with diverse sex characteristics are still facing every day, and are pushing their own governments and others to work with civil society to raise awareness.” C…
…and, Organisation Intersex International Australia, Eve Black, Kylie Bond, Tony Briffa, Morgan Carpenter, et al. 2017. ‘Darlington Statement’. Sydney, New South Wales. Aronowitz, Robert A. 2004. ‘When Do Symptoms Become a Disease?’ In Health, Disease, and Illness: Concepts in Medicine, edited by Arthur Caplan, James J McCartney, and Dominic A Sisti, 65–72. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press. Braithwaite, Jeffrey, Peter D. Hibbert, Adam Ja…
…as having “enhanced the appearance of her female genitalia” is abhorrent. Tony Briffa comments: I am encouraged by the recommendations of the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute on particular matters relating to the protection of the human rights of intersex children, and encourage the Tasmanian Attorney General to accept and adopt these recommendations promptly. I also encourage other Australian Attorneys General to note these recommendations and int…
…e associated with any particular contemporary fashion, theory or ideology. Tony Briffa (co-executive director of Intersex Human Rights Australia) states: As a Catholic person born with an intersex variation, it is disappointing the Church has taken a position that encourages unnecessary, irreversible, non-consensual and damaging intervention on bodies like mine – all in their need to easily classify people into narrow boxes of what it means to be…
…and, Organisation Intersex International Australia, Eve Black, Kylie Bond, Tony Briffa, Morgan Carpenter, et al. ‘Darlington Statement’. Sydney, New South Wales, March 2017. https://darlington.org.au/statement Australian Human Rights Commission. Protecting the Human Rights of People Born with Variations in Sex Characteristics in the Context of Medical Interventions Consultation Paper. Sydney: Australian Human Rights Commission, 2018. Carpenter, Mo…
…and, Organisation Intersex International Australia, Eve Black, Kylie Bond, Tony Briffa, Morgan Carpenter, et al. 2017. ‘Darlington Statement’. Sydney, New South Wales. https://darlington.org.au/statement [2] Community Affairs References Committee, Senate of Australia. 2013. Involuntary or Coerced Sterilisation of Intersex People in Australia. Canberra: Community Affairs References Committee. http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/…
…hing that more appropriately aligns itself with who we are and what we do. Tony Briffa, co-executive director, states: The change of our name represents the focus of the organisation which has always been about the human rights of people with intersex variations. It followed extensive discussions with our board members and was unanimously supported. We hope our members, supporters, allies and government contacts quickly revise their contact lists…
…le every adult couple to marry, irrespective of their sex characteristics. Tony Briffa, co-executive director of OII Australia, states: As the government subjected the Australian public through this very hurtful, expensive and unnecessary national voluntary postal survey about the rights of people like me to marry, it is reasonable to now expect them to honour its commitment and listen to the Australian people by amending the Marriage Act to remov…
…upport, publications such as this would not be possible. Thank you also to Tony Briffa and Phoebe Hart, and each of the case study contributors and reviewers. Thanks to Professor Gillian Triggs and Tim Wilson (Australian Human Rights Commission) and Assistant Commissioner Justine Saunders (Australian Federal Police) for contributing and appearing. Citation and catalogue information Carpenter, M., Hough, D. (2014) Employers’ Guide to Intersex Inclu…
…otearoa New Zealand Ken Moala – Pacific Sexuality Diversity Network, Samoa Tony Briffa participated in the founding meeting for OII Australia, and also acted as a returning officer in the first board meeting. Gina Wilson, retired founding president of OII Australia, served on the organising committee for ILGA Oceania, along with Barry Taylor, Joleen Mataele, Mani Mitchell, and Simon Margan. OII Australia would like to thank the outgoing members of…
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