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'''Tony Briffa''' is an Australian politician and [[intersex]] activist who feels she is nonbinary due to her intersex condition, Partial Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome. She obtained a [[Gender recognition|birth certificate]] with a blank sex designation. This caused legal difficulty in getting married, since Australian law specified marriage as between a man and a woman. In 2013 she and Manja Sommeling traveled to New Zealand and were married there.<ref name="Calleja">{{Cite web |title='Healthy hermaphrodite' is both man and woman |last=Calleja |first=Claudia |work=Times of Malta |date=16 February 2015 |access-date=17 April 2020 |url= https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/-Healthy-hermaphrodite-is-both-man-and-woman.556257}}</ref> | '''Tony Briffa''' is an Australian politician and [[intersex]] activist who feels she is nonbinary due to her intersex condition, Partial Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome. She obtained a [[Gender recognition|birth certificate]] with a blank sex designation. This caused legal difficulty in getting married, since Australian law specified marriage as between a man and a woman. In 2013 she and Manja Sommeling traveled to New Zealand and were married there.<ref name="Calleja">{{Cite web |title='Healthy hermaphrodite' is both man and woman |last=Calleja |first=Claudia |work=Times of Malta |date=16 February 2015 |access-date=17 April 2020 |url= https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/-Healthy-hermaphrodite-is-both-man-and-woman.556257|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516173213/https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/-Healthy-hermaphrodite-is-both-man-and-woman.556257 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | ||
As of April 2020, Tony's official website uses "she/her" pronouns<ref>[http://briffa.org/tony_briffa Who is Tony Briffa?]</ref>, although she is okay with any pronouns.<ref name="Experience">{{Cite web |title=My experience as the world’s first openly intersex Mayor |author=Tony Briffa |work=briffa.org |date=10 September 2017 |access-date=17 April 2020 |url= http://briffa.org/tony-briffa-my-experience-as-the-worlds-first-openly-intersex-mayor}}</ref> | As of April 2020, Tony's official website uses "she/her" pronouns<ref>[http://briffa.org/tony_briffa Who is Tony Briffa?] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230516152455/https://briffa.org/tony_briffa Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>, although she is okay with any pronouns.<ref name="Experience">{{Cite web |title=My experience as the world’s first openly intersex Mayor |author=Tony Briffa |work=briffa.org |date=10 September 2017 |access-date=17 April 2020 |url= http://briffa.org/tony-briffa-my-experience-as-the-worlds-first-openly-intersex-mayor|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530001758/https://briffa.org/tony-briffa-my-experience-as-the-worlds-first-openly-intersex-mayor |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | ||
In her youth, Tony was made to take feminizing [[hormone therapy]] for years, but never identified as female.<ref name="Calleja" /> | In her youth, Tony was made to take feminizing [[hormone therapy]] for years, but never identified as female.<ref name="Calleja" /> | ||
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==Quotes== | ==Quotes== | ||
"My natural female and male biology also reflected how I felt as a person. I'm more than just a woman or a man - I'm both."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://briffa.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/10483271_703814519672878_8146244864219099558_o.jpg|title="I'm proud to be intersex"}}</ref> | "My natural female and male biology also reflected how I felt as a person. I'm more than just a woman or a man - I'm both."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://briffa.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/10483271_703814519672878_8146244864219099558_o.jpg|title="I'm proud to be intersex"|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516215959/https://briffa.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/10483271_703814519672878_8146244864219099558_o.jpg|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> | ||
"If people feel female that is great, and if they feel male that is great, but there are also people like me: I just accept the way nature made me. I am happy for my birth certificate to say that I am both male and female. One day, hopefully, we will have that as well."<ref>[https://ihra.org.au/25037/cross-party-speeches-intersex-health-australian-senate/ Cross-party speeches on intersex health in the Australian Senate], Morgan Carpenter, 25 March 2014</ref> | "If people feel female that is great, and if they feel male that is great, but there are also people like me: I just accept the way nature made me. I am happy for my birth certificate to say that I am both male and female. One day, hopefully, we will have that as well."<ref>[https://ihra.org.au/25037/cross-party-speeches-intersex-health-australian-senate/ Cross-party speeches on intersex health in the Australian Senate], Morgan Carpenter, 25 March 2014 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230528005745/https://ihra.org.au/25037/cross-party-speeches-intersex-health-australian-senate/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> | ||
"Sex is about biology and gender is about identity. Like most people, my gender is consistent with my sex."<ref>[https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/tony-briffa-worlds-first-openly-intersex-person-elected-public-office/ This is the world’s first openly intersex person elected into public office], 26 October 2017</ref> | "Sex is about biology and gender is about identity. Like most people, my gender is consistent with my sex."<ref>[https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/tony-briffa-worlds-first-openly-intersex-person-elected-public-office/ This is the world’s first openly intersex person elected into public office], 26 October 2017 [https://web.archive.org/web/20220530001754/https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/tony-briffa-worlds-first-openly-intersex-person-elected-public-office/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> | ||
"I am part Antoinette and I'm part Tony."<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFtXJOIxtPQ NICHE IDAHO Campaign: "I", Tony (YourStory)] August 3 2013</ref> | "I am part Antoinette and I'm part Tony."<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFtXJOIxtPQ NICHE IDAHO Campaign: "I", Tony (YourStory)] August 3 2013 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230516162751/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFtXJOIxtPQ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> | ||
"Being referred to as 'Mr Mayor' was not easy. Inside I cringed every time I heard it because I felt the 'Mr' denied my full self. 'Madam Mayor' similarly would have felt strange because that too denied part of me. It’s funny how words have these affects. For the most part I just went on with the job and ignored the male/female salutations, just as I tried to ignore being constantly labelled the world's first intersex mayor."<ref name="Experience" /> | "Being referred to as 'Mr Mayor' was not easy. Inside I cringed every time I heard it because I felt the 'Mr' denied my full self. 'Madam Mayor' similarly would have felt strange because that too denied part of me. It’s funny how words have these affects. For the most part I just went on with the job and ignored the male/female salutations, just as I tried to ignore being constantly labelled the world's first intersex mayor."<ref name="Experience" /> | ||
Latest revision as of 15:54, 17 July 2023
| Date of birth | 1971 |
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| Place of birth | Altona, Victoria, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Pronouns | she/her, any |
| Gender identity | "I am both male and female" |
| Occupation | Politician, activist |
| Known for | First openly intersex mayor elected in the world |
Tony Briffa is an Australian politician and intersex activist who feels she is nonbinary due to her intersex condition, Partial Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome. She obtained a birth certificate with a blank sex designation. This caused legal difficulty in getting married, since Australian law specified marriage as between a man and a woman. In 2013 she and Manja Sommeling traveled to New Zealand and were married there.[1]
As of April 2020, Tony's official website uses "she/her" pronouns[2], although she is okay with any pronouns.[3]
In her youth, Tony was made to take feminizing hormone therapy for years, but never identified as female.[1]
Tony does identify as queer[4] but does not consider herself trans.[3]
Quotes[edit | edit source]
"My natural female and male biology also reflected how I felt as a person. I'm more than just a woman or a man - I'm both."[5]
"If people feel female that is great, and if they feel male that is great, but there are also people like me: I just accept the way nature made me. I am happy for my birth certificate to say that I am both male and female. One day, hopefully, we will have that as well."[6]
"Sex is about biology and gender is about identity. Like most people, my gender is consistent with my sex."[7]
"I am part Antoinette and I'm part Tony."[8]
"Being referred to as 'Mr Mayor' was not easy. Inside I cringed every time I heard it because I felt the 'Mr' denied my full self. 'Madam Mayor' similarly would have felt strange because that too denied part of me. It’s funny how words have these affects. For the most part I just went on with the job and ignored the male/female salutations, just as I tried to ignore being constantly labelled the world's first intersex mayor."[3]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Calleja, Claudia (16 February 2015). "'Healthy hermaphrodite' is both man and woman". Times of Malta. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ↑ Who is Tony Briffa? Archived on 17 July 2023
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Tony Briffa (10 September 2017). "My experience as the world's first openly intersex Mayor". briffa.org. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ↑ @tonybriffa (16 January 2020). "I'm looking forward to being on @JOY949 on #queerislanddiscs this Saturday. I'm intersex and queer, but why am I vacuuming the red carpet? @lgbtihealth @ThorneHarbour @queerspace_ds @VGLRL @comish_ro_allen @intersexaus" – via Twitter.
- ↑ ""I'm proud to be intersex"". Archived from the original on 17 July 2023.
- ↑ Cross-party speeches on intersex health in the Australian Senate, Morgan Carpenter, 25 March 2014 Archived on 17 July 2023
- ↑ This is the world’s first openly intersex person elected into public office, 26 October 2017 Archived on 17 July 2023
- ↑ NICHE IDAHO Campaign: "I", Tony (YourStory) August 3 2013 Archived on 17 July 2023
