Gender status: revoked

March 17, 2010 8:38 PM

Norrie was recognised as androgynous by the state of NSW, now zie's not. Last week we read (previously) that Norrie was now officially recognised by the state of NSW as Androgynous. Now zie's not.
posted by ginky (8 comments total)

This could go in the still open original thread.
posted by longsleeves at 8:42 PM on March 17, 2010 [2 favorites]

Well that's a damned shame. Poor Norrie.
posted by lilac girl at 8:45 PM on March 17, 2010 [1 favorite]

I didn't think of that longsleeves. Can we move it now? Mods?
posted by ginky at 9:06 PM on March 17, 2010

So what do we do for people born intersex? Flip a coin?

Some people do not handle ambiguity very well.
posted by sebastienbailard at 9:07 PM on March 17, 2010

Now zie's not.
posted by p3on at 9:45 PM on March 17, 2010

Gender-neutral pronouns are weird. My best friend's older sibling was born female; now ze's male. We refer to em using the most contrived gender-neutral pronoun we can conjure up on the spur of the moment. Last we checked, eee doesn't care how we address ehm.
posted by LSK at 9:54 PM on March 17, 2010 [2 favorites]

I told you she didn't have a dick.
posted by thescientificmethhead at 9:55 PM on March 17, 2010

So what do we do for people born intersex? Flip a coin?

No, the doctor makes a detailed examination and then says the child is male.
posted by Some1 at 9:57 PM on March 17, 2010 [4 favorites]