Meet Pat, the worlds first genderless person

Norrie-May

Ok so (his, her?) name isn’t Pat, but I couldn’t resist.

Meet Norrie May-Welby, the worlds first genderless person, also known as a neuter. Norrie was born a man 48 years ago, but had a sexual reassignment surgery at age 28, only to change hirms mind and become classified as genderless. I really am not trying to be obnoxious with all the pronoun jokes, but I have no idea what the proper English word would be in this case. Considering Norrie is now classified as a neuter, I will use the term “ner” in place of him or her. Hurrah! Politically correct and proper English… kinda.

Norrie resides in South Wales, Australia and has asked state officials to change the information on ners birth certificate to reflect ners gender reassignment. When asked why ner had the change legally recognized, ner said it was to preempt any legal or passport issues that may arise when ner traveled abroad.  Norrie had this to say,

If I need to show identity documents, I certainly don’t want details that are false, for this will only cause trouble when officials realize I don’t match my documents.

If my passport, for example, states that I am female, I may be detained when traveling if the local jurisdiction classes me based on the gender assigned at birth, or if my physically noticeable masculine aspects (for example, my Adam’s apple, or my broad chest) are noticed.

If the passport states male, again there is a dissonance with my physical form, castration having had a feminizing effect, and I am usually moving and talking in a feminine manner.

This entire article asks the question,  ”Just what is gender identity and what does it mean to us?”.  Considering that no two genders are exactly alike and we only share genetic markers that are classified as male or female, it puts an interesting twist on human sexuality and gender.  I don’t know how I feel about this, mainly because I don’t understand it, but as long as Norrie is happy, more power to ner.

Live and let live I say. That being said, I could never say good bye to my penis. I love ner too much.