Daily briefs: Putting the ‘I’ in ‘intersex’

The story of Tony Briffa, the world's first openly intersex mayor

It’s not often we get to hear the stories of intersex people, though the prevalence is higher than we probably think. Depending on the definition used, between 0.1% and 1.7% of human births are intersex.

The incredible story of Tony Briffa is part of a larger Australian video series, Beyond “That’s So Gay,” which has LGBT people telling their stories in their own words.

Michael Lyons is a queer-identified, chaotic neutral writer, activist, misanthrope, sapiosexual, and feline enthusiast. He is a columnist, blogger and regular contributor with Xtra and has contributed to Plenitude Magazine, KAPSULA Magazine, Crew Magazine, Memory Insufficient e-zine, The Ryersonian, Buddies Theatre blog, Toronto Is Awesome blog and Fab Magazine and more.

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