ITANZ has recently been in Australia to attend the LGBTI Health Alliance 
Conference. Held from Thursday 13 to Saturday 15 August 2015, the conference brought together community members, community organisations large and small, health practitioners, researchers, academics, policy makers, advocates, and others who are interested in improving the mental, physical and emotional wellbeing of LGBTI people.
Mani With Aych Mc Ardle Rainbow Youth
A powerful and significant gathering of people across Australasia. The presence and recognition of intersex issues being part of the broader Rainbow community is very high in Australia. In part it’s the reality of having a LGBTI peak body, it is also the amazing work that has been done in Australia by the intersex Community there.
Mani withRodney Croome and Sharon Jones, Tasmania.
We (ITANZ) ran a workshop, called thriving in the margins. A workshop that was not presumptive, but rather an exploring of how we do that, despite all the many obstacles to making this a ‘hard thing to do’. We thank Gina Wilson for her chairing the workshop and say thank you to all the people who attended. We look forward to running that workshop here in New Zealand.
Mani with Sally Morris (Perth) and ITANZ colleague Tommy Hamilton
The conference was also a great opportunity to catch up with ITANZ friends and colleagues, both from Australia as well as NZ!
We extend warm thanks to all the people who were involved in planning and running this important conference.
