Tony Briffa (politician)
Tony Briffa | |
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| Born | Antoinette Briffa 1970 (age 54–55) Altona, Victoria, Australia |
| Known for | First known intersex and non-binary mayor, LGBTIQ human rights activist, queer person, educator and public speaker. |
| Television | 60 Minutes (2000 & 2005) 7.30 Report (2013)”Queerstalia” (2023) |
| Website | briffa |
Tony Briffa (legal and birth name Antoinette Briffa) is a Maltese-Australian politician who is notable for being the world's first known intersex and non-binary mayor and public officeholder.
Briffa has partial androgen insensitivity syndrome, and is mayor of the City of Hobsons Bay, Victoria.
Briffa was raised as a girl, then lived for a time as a man, and now chooses to live as female. Briffa is one of the first people to be public about her experience of being mistreated by doctors as a result of her intersex variation, and about intersex human rights.