The Australian Capital Territory has today passed Australia’s first laws protecting intersex people from unconsented medical procedures. The legislation will protect people with variations in sex characteristics from harmful and unnecessary medical interventions as children by placing restrictions on treatment to alter sex characteristics without personal consent. These restrictions will exclude emergencies or authorisation by […]
Tags: ACT, Equality Australia, Intersex, intersex human rights australia, morgan carpenter, Tony Briffa
8 Jun 2023 /
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October 26th is Intersex Awareness Day, a day to learn about the human rights issues faced by intersex people, and promote genuine inclusion for people with intersex variations. Intersex Human Rights Australia (IHRA), Intersex Peer Support Australia (IPSA) and partners have revealed a range of new resources, aimed at changing current practices and promoting genuine […]
Tags: Intersex, morgan carpenter, nicky bath, raising the bar, Tony Briffa
26 Oct 2020 |
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Tony Briffa, one of the most prominent intersex Australians will deliver the 2018 Isabelle Lake Memorial Lecture on May 17th The lecture will take place at the University of Western Australia’s Ross Lecture Theatre on International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. The annual lecture is named after transgender rights advocate Isabelle Lake who passed […]
Tags: IDAHoBiT, International Day Against Homophobic Biphobia and Transphobia, Isabelle Lake, Memorial Lecture, Tony Briffa
11 May 2018 |
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Tony Briffa, Vice President of the Organisation Intersex International Australia (OII Australia) has criticised the lobby group Australian Marriage Equality (AME) for supporting the current state based marriage legislation in both the NSW and Tasmania. Mr Briffa says the organisation should remain true to it’s core value of bringing about marriage equality for everyone or change […]
Tags: Intersex, marriage equality, Tony Briffa
20 Oct 2013 |
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