Mani Mitchell

Mani Bruce Mitchell (born 1953) is an intersex activist and counsellor from Wellington, New Zealand.[2]

Mani Bruce Mitchell
Born1953
Waikato, New Zealand
OccupationCounsellor
Known forIntersex activist and educator
TelevisionIntersexion (2012)
Yellow for Hermaphrodite: Mani's Story (2003)[1]
Websitewww.manimitchell.com

Mitchell was born and raised in the central North Island on a sheep and cattle farm and educated at Taupo-nui-a-Tia College and the University of Waikato.

Career

Since 1996, Mitchell has been actively involved in education on intersex and gender variance issues, lecturing at universities and running workshops around the world, and was also involved in the production of several TV documentaries, a film, and a photography book. Mitchell is a member of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors, World Professional Association for Transgender Health and the International Transactional Analysis Association.

Mitchell is the Executive Director of Intersex Trust Aotearoa New Zealand, also known as Intersex Awareness New Zealand.[3]

A documentary called Intersexion (2012) directed by Grant Lahood, features the story of Mani Mitchell and looks at how intersex people navigate their way through life.[4]

Mitchell also helped organize the third International Intersex Forum in November/December 2013.[5]

References
  1. "Yellow for Hermaphrodite: Mani's Story". Greenstone TV. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  2. "Being intersex: I went from being my parents' son to a daughter". The New Zealand Herald. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  3. ITANZ Trust Members Archived 2013-11-10 at the Wayback Machine, Intersex Awareness New Zealand, November 5, 2013
  4. "Documentary Edge Festival 2012: Intersexion". Archived from the original on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  5. 3rd International Intersex Forum in Malta Archived 2013-12-26 at the Wayback Machine, ILGA-Europe, 22 July 2013
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.