AND FINALLY

It’s been a case of “No Sex please, I’m Scottish” in New South Wales this week.
Paisley-born Norrie May-Welby, now living in Australia, has taken on the gender-nazis of officialdom and won the historic legal right to have a classification of ‘Sex Not Specified’ on all his/her/hes/hir legal documentation.

Born a man, Norrie then had a sex change operation 25 years ago, before he/she stopped taking the female hormones and coming to terms with being Norrie in his/her body just as it was, neither labelling him/herself one gender or another (but whatever, still looking hot for 48 in this sexless-ist’s opinion).

Not wanting to lie, deceive or run afoul of disbelieving officials, Norrie campaigned long and hard and has finally succeeded in getting legal recognition for a ‘No gender’ category.

Maybe this could be the precedent for a wave of such campaigns and one day passports will do away with gender, occupation, ‘disabilities’ and nationality and all just say ‘Member of the human race’. While we fully support Norrie’s action it does play havoc with our pronouns.

* For more history of hir story, see www.thescavenger.net