Norrie has become Australia’s first officially genderless person. Norrie was born male but part of the way through transitioning to become a woman decided to stop treatment and through the evidence of psychologists and medical professionals, Norrie was declaired officially Androgynous. Centrelink, Australia’s notoriously difficult social welfare agency are even adapting their systems to recognise the option of living without gender.
I have met Norrie while teaching a gay singles circus class months ago, and zie (neither he nor she) did provide a little bit of confusion when zie, looking slightly more female, said zie wanted to be in the male section of the class. More recently Norrie was sitting near me waiting to get ready for the Spencer Tunick shoot and I’ll admit to some curiosity to seeing Norrie nude. I won’t divulge what is going on there as it is Norrie’s decision to choose to be genderless and genitals are not the deciding factor in this case. Congratulations Norrie on your stance and your success!
