Intersex councillor likely to be mayor
Posted on 07 November 2011
http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/2011/11/07/intersex-councillor-likely-to-be-mayor/65196Victoria could soon have its first intersex Mayor with Hobsons Bay City Councillor Tony Briffa looking likely to win the top job in the city's west.
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"It would hopefully help break down the stigma and taboo associated with having an intersex condition and feeling different and at the same time educate people in the community about the intersex condition."
Briffa was born with both male and female physical attributes. He was assigned a female gender as a child and his male genitals were removed.
Eventually feeling uncomfortable as a woman, he started hormone replacement therapy and changed his identity documents to male.
