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Sydneysider fights to retain ungendered status

Started by Shana A, March 18, 2010, 09:36:46 PM

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Sydneysider fights to retain ungendered status

By David Lewis and Bridget Brennan
Updated Thu Mar 18, 2010 2:28pm AEDT

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/18/2849383.htm

Norrie, who was born in Scotland, became the first person in Australia to have their gender listed as 'sex not specific' on a details certificate earlier this month.

However on Tuesday the 48-year-old received a phone call from the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages saying the certificate would be cancelled due to pressure from higher levels of government.

Norrie says the decision is a breach of human rights.

"I was devastated by the news," Norrie said.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde


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