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 (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.