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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' | [[Intactivist]] '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is the current secretary of ''The [[Darbon Institute]]'' (formally [[Australasian Institute for Genital Autonomy]] — [[AIGA]]). They advocate for everyone’s right to bodily integrity and [[genital autonomy]] and educate the public, the medical profession and government about the harms of non-consensual, medically unnecessary genital cutting and other body alterations so that these practices come to an end.<ref name=About>{{REFweb | ||
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Tim is a collaborative family law | Tim is a solicitor practicing in collaborative family law and [[human rights]]. He is a member of [https://alhr.org.au/ Australian Lawyers for Human Rights]. He is a widower, proud dad and grandpa and lives on the Sunshine Coast, {{AUSC|QLD}}. Tim has a strong focus on law reform and [[human rights]] and is a an active [[Intactivist]] and proud advocate for children without a voice. [[Circumcision]] is a destructive and unnecessary procedure and has no place in a modern and compassionate society. Being born male with a [[foreskin]] is not a birth defect requiring medical intervention. | ||
Australia ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989 and has laws in all states and territories protecting females but still actively discriminates against males and [[intersex]] children by not affording them the same level of protection at law. <ref name=About/> | |||
Tim also also works with [[Michael Winnel]] and [[Max Roberts]] as part of [[Foreskin Revolution]]. | |||
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* [[Intactivism]] | |||
* [[Australia]] | |||
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