The I in Us

A J Dea and Dr Rogena Sterling Paul and Cody welcomed Aotearoa (New Zealand) intersex community members AJ Dea and Dr Rogena Sterling to The I in Us. The upcoming Intersex Aotearoa Social Cohesion Wānanga conference,  held June 11-12 2026, was discussed. AJ Dea has over six years of experience and is very active in supporting intersex youth. Rogena Sterling was the first openly intersex person to...

Jenni Atkinson On this episode Cody and Paul welcomed another intersex community ally to The I in Us, none other than the Australian Capital Territory’s (ACT’s), Jenni Atkinson. Jenni (they/them) is a proud nonbinary asexual queer woman with a Transgender history who for the past 35 years has been helping others live their lives happily and authentically. This path led them to meet Cody and for Je...

Sarah McLennan Cody and Paul welcomed committed intersex ally Sarah McLennan (she/her) to The I in Us. Sarah is a long-term ally of the intersex community. She has lifelong LGBTQIA+ friends whom she has supported through all seasons of their lives. In her teens (early-mid 2000s), Sarah volunteered for Minus 18 and Midsumma.  And with social justice being core of her mind-set, Sarah has advocated f...

Crystal Hendricks and Hiker Chui This episode of The I in Us was broadcast during IDAHOBIT week.  So to bring awareness to intersex discrimination, Paul and Cody invited two much-loved stalwarts of international advocacy to the show.  Crystal Hendricks (she/her) who joined from Cape Town South Africa, and Hiker Chiu They/them), who joined the show from Taipei, Taiwan. Crystal and Hiker had also bo...

Peter Low Paul and Cody welcomed Queensland-based intersex community member Peter Low to The I in Us. Peter is a 31-year-old queer intersex person from the Sunshine Coast in Queensland.  He was born with the intersex variation 47 XXY (medically known as Klinefelter Syndrome).  In his early 20s Peter went through a near-death experience, the result of a drug-induced psychosis.  His psychosis was ca...

Alex David Paul and Cody welcomed Queensland-based intersex community member Alex David to The I in Us for the first time.  Alex discovered they were intersex in 2001, just after finishing Year 12.  They learnt that doctors could not determine what sex they were at birth. So Alex was raised as female until age 18, after which they realigned to male.   This is when they found out they were genetica...

Tony Briffa and Heather Corkhill Paul and Cody welcomed Tony Briffa and Heather Corkhill to tonight’s episode of the I in Us. Specifically, on this episode, the development and recent passing of the long-awaited Victorian Government Intersex Protections Bill on 19 February this year, was discussed. Tony Briffa Tony has been at the forefront of intersex advocacy for decades, and has appeared...

On this episode Cody and Paul welcomed two friends of the show back to The I in Us, Bonnie Hart and Steph Lum, who were responsible for leading some ground-breaking immersive workshops at two Intersex Peer Support Australia (IPSA) retreats in 2017, which gave rise the publication of an academic paper, “Intersex lived experience: trauma and posttraumatic growth in narratives” (2021), and the publis...

Alfred Jonker Paul and Cody were delighted to welcome the chair of the Dutch Klinefelter Association (DKA), Alfred Jonker, to the show. Alfred learned he has XXY sex chromosomes at the age of 32 while trying to have a family. And since 2014 has been at the forefront of sex chromosome and intersex medical and human rights advocacy in the Netherlands.  Also internationally. Alfred actively champions...

Aces and Dakota Fox Paul and Cody welcomed the show’s two most supportive and dedicated international listeners:  Aces Fox, and Aces’ non-binary daughter Dakota.  Aces is a return guest to The I in Us and Dakota has joined the show for the first time. So, Paul and Cody had two Foxes in the House, well, the studio.   The first ever weekly US based FM K-pop radio show was discussed durin...

Paul and Cody welcome Margie McCumstie to this episode of The I in Us.  Margie is the InterAction for Health and Human Rights Training and Communications Coordinator in Australia.   They highlight the inaugural intersex women and non-binary retreat, plus her whirlwind, ten-day trip to New York. Margie participated in Outright International’s Advocacy Week off-site events.  These events are a...

Stephan Mills On this episode of The I in Us Paul and Cody were delighted to welcome intersex activist and medical student Stephan Mills (he/him) to the show. Currently based in Italy, Stephan is in his last year of medical school and just weeks from graduating. He started doing activism in 2019 with the Italian intersex group “Intersexioni” and throughout these years has participated in many inte...

Mardi Gras Special The Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras has been held in Sydney every year since 1978.  Notably,  the event has now become a colourful and joyous celebration of all things LGBTIQA+. This year, Mardi Gras was held on Saturday 28 February.  Additionally, Mardi Gras saw the return of Australia’s intersex community.  Plus, this is the first time they have marched since 2018.  Besides,...

Intersex hosts, Paul and Cody, welcome international intersex advocate Crystal Hendricks to The I in Us. Crystal Hendricks (she/her) is a queer intersex feminist and human rights defender.  Crystal has been at the forefront of advocating for policy change for intersex people.  She currently serves as the Sex Characteristics Programme Officer at ILGA World. In addition, she formally worked as the I...

On this episode of The I in Us Cody and Paul welcomed Mauro Cabral Grinspan to the JOY airwaves.  From Brussels in Belgium, Mauro is a highly respected and awarded international intersex and transgender advocate, researcher, and writer. Born in Argentina, Mauro was involved in diverse initiatives at the national, regional, and international level since 2005.  Thus including co-founding the Global...

On the returning episode of The I in Us for 2026 Paul and Cody welcomed Stephanie Summers. Stephanie is an Australian intersex community member, LGBTQIA+ field umpire and athlete Stephanie Summers to the JOY 94.9 airwaves. During Melbourne’s Midsumma Carnival (Sunday 18 Jan 2026) Stephanie reluctantly approached the InterAction/IPSA information marque and bravely disclosed to Bonnie, Kylie and Gwe...

On this episode of The I in Us for 2025 Cody and Paul welcomed intersex advocate Tony Briffa back to the show to unpack two significant intersex events that had just occurred in Australia that week; the launch the Missing Voices Report, presenting findings of an Equality Australia project to obtain hospital records detailing the ongoing practice of performing deferable, medically unnecessary surge...

On this episode of The I in Us, Paul and Cody were joined by Italian endosex researcher Dr Marta Prandelli. Marta has a PhD in Social Sciences, is a postdoctoral fellow and part-time lecturer at Dublin City University.  Plus, she is a prolific author of research and commentary on the intersex community. Further, she organised a global conference showcasing intersex studies in Dublin, Ireland in 20...

On this episode of The I in Us Cody and Paul were joined by Intersex Peer Support Australia’s Queensland community and youth representative Stephanie (Steph) Saal and ACT-based intersex advocate and recently appointed ACT Co-IPSA Rep, Gabriel (Gabe) Filpi.  Tonight they share their experiences attending IPSAs recent 40th Anniversary Celebrations, and IPSAs annual retreat, which followed.   St...

On this episode of The I in Us Paul and Cody celebrated International Intersex Day of Solidarity and Remembrance (Nov 8) by interviewing  Kimberly Zieselman.  Kimberly is a USA-based intersex lawyer, author, human rights advocate, and media production consultant. Kimberly has served as Senior Advisor to U.S. Special Envoy for the Advancement of Human Rights for LGBTQI+ Persons at the US State Depa...

On this episode of The I in Us we welcomed two champions of our community, Director of Australian X and Y Sex Chromosome Support Group (AXYS) Richard Bradley (47XXY), and long-time sex chromosome advocate, Candice Cody (47XXY), when they shared their personal experiences of trying to access Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), a government program set up to support people with...

International Intersex Awareness Day is celebrated on October 26 each year, and to celebrate, we welcomed two champions of Intersex Awareness Day to the JOY airwaves, Betsy Driver and Morgan Carpenter. Betsy Driver co-founded Intersex Awareness Day in 2004, and in 2015, Morgan Carpenter co-founded The Intersex Day Project. On this podcast, you’ll hear a wonderful discussion about the origins and c...

On this episode, Cody and Paul welcomed North American intersex community member and advocate Georgiann Davis to of The I in Us, for the first time. Georgiann is an intersex scholar-activist whose research, teaching, and activism are at the intersection of institutional violence and feminist theories. She is a former board president of InterACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth, is a past-president of...

On this episode of The I in Us, Paul and Cody welcomed intersex Canadian Robin Link to the JOY airwaves. Robin (they/them/theirs) is an intersex, bigender fluid, poly and pan middle-being, living with super-senses of synesthesia. Robin learned they are intersex just five years ago, but has known about their differences since the age of four. In 2022, Robin recognised the need for intersex-specific...

On this episode of The I in Us Cody and Paul welcomed Margie McCumstie back to the show to share some exciting updates about the imminent availability of Australia’s Yellow Tick Intersex Diversity and Inclusion Training, and some news about Margie’s involvement in education and advocacy, at some recent community and industry events and festivals. Margie is the Training and Communications Coordinat...