Australia's high court recognizes third "non-specific" gender

Hmmmm. Not sure what to make of this. Yes, there are people who don't fit into one gender or another, but I don't think that's particularly common. Even most transgendered people identify as one sex or the other, though not the one they were born with.

http://news.yahoo.com/australias-top-court-recogn … 28333.html
By BearinFW | 04/03/2014 09:54 PM | 3 comments
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  • Really inspiring. There is much more than male and female and both and neither...
    art4you 04/04/2014 05:17 PM
  • I think it's a great move, personally. While they might be a minority, this ruling eliminates (or at least reduces) the stigma attached to the whole "third gender" community, by increasing their visibility, encouraging discussion, and giving them the option of not forcibly restricting themselves to fitting into one box on a legal form.
    aliencubby 04/04/2014 07:51 AM
  • From the same article:
    Norrie, who uses only a first name and does not identify as either male or female, posing for a photograph in the Sydney suburb of Redfern, June 14, 2013 (AFP Photo/Greg Wood)

    I also don't know what to make of this. Maybe this is how some heteros got so confused about gays early on. But I would never think someone like this is inferior or someone who should have fewer rights than I do. There can't be too many folks who feel like they are a neutral sex though. Still, it seems they ought to know how they feel and if they feel like they are somewhere between the binary sex types, then they should be able to BE that and register or identify as that.
    rjzip 04/03/2014 10:53 PM