norrie may-welby has been a man and a woman and is now the first person legally designated neither. the genderless 48-year-old was born male in scotland, moved to austraila at the age of seven, then 21 years later underwent a sex change. even as a woman though, the fulfillment and self-identification that was so badly sought just wasn’t found. so may-welby stopped drinking the female hormones to become a “neuter” (having undeveloped or imperfectly developed sexual organs). new south wales government officials recently amended the scottish australian's birth certificate to reflect "no specific sex" after doctors were unable to make a gender determination.
may-welby said the following on her…um…his…um…blog: "the concepts of man or woman don't fit me…the simplest solution is not to have any sex identification…there is no reason for still insisting that our legal identity must include a public statement about a very private matter, our sex… many people like the idea of being genderless."
while I am happy for may-welby for finding an identity that now fits, my point, and i do have one….is that while this may be happening across the pond, obviously the dialog has already started here. we live in a country that can’t yet figure out how to handle the rights of people who are already identified as a specific sex, so one can only imagine the controversy that will surround all elements of person who isn't clearly defined. what’s
your point?
