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	\| gender=*"I'm an [[androgynous]] person. [...] I am male, I am female, I am human."<ref name="YTinterview">{{Cite web \|title=Interview with Norrie mAy Welby, the world's first officially recognised genderless person \|author= \|work=YouTube \|date=7 March 2012 \|access-date=9 June 2020 \|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy7QrZuJ1Jw\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328004323/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy7QrZuJ1Jw \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>		\| gender=*"I'm an [[androgynous]] person. [...] I am male, I am female, I am human."<ref name="YTinterview">{{Cite web \|title=Interview with Norrie mAy Welby, the world's first officially recognised genderless person \|author= \|work=YouTube \|date=7 March 2012 \|access-date=9 June 2020 \|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy7QrZuJ1Jw\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328004323/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy7QrZuJ1Jw \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
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	*"[[bi-gender]]ed"<ref>{{cite web\|last=May-Welby\|first=Norrie\|archive-url=https://www.oocities.org/the_norrie/tsf3.html\|archive-date=October 2009\|url=https://www.geocities.org/the_norrie/tsf3.html\|title=Bi-Gendered}}</ref>		*"[[bi-gender]]ed"<ref>{{cite web\|last=May-Welby\|first=Norrie\|archive-url=https://www.oocities.org/the_norrie/tsf3.html\|archive-date=October 2009\|url=https://www.geocities.org/the_norrie/tsf3.html\|title=Bi-Gendered}}{{Dead link\|date=February 2026 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
	\| occupation=cartoonist<ref name="Reynolds">{{Cite web \|title=Norrie’s battle to get married despite being neither man nor woman \|last=Reynolds \|first=Emma \|work=News.com.au \|date=11 February 2016 \|access-date=9 June 2020 \|url= https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/relationships/marriage/norries-battle-to-get-married-despite-being-neither-man-nor-woman/news-story/74364f555980703ff29105037045edb6\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805171315/https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/relationships/marriage/norries-battle-to-get-married-despite-being-neither-man-nor-woman/news-story/74364f555980703ff29105037045edb6 \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>		\| occupation=cartoonist<ref name="Reynolds">{{Cite web \|title=Norrie’s battle to get married despite being neither man nor woman \|last=Reynolds \|first=Emma \|work=News.com.au \|date=11 February 2016 \|access-date=9 June 2020 \|url= https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/relationships/marriage/norries-battle-to-get-married-despite-being-neither-man-nor-woman/news-story/74364f555980703ff29105037045edb6\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805171315/https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/relationships/marriage/norries-battle-to-get-married-despite-being-neither-man-nor-woman/news-story/74364f555980703ff29105037045edb6 \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
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	Their nonspecific gender caused issues when Norrie later sought to marry their partner, as Australian law defines marriage as between a man and a woman.<ref name="Reynolds" />		Their nonspecific gender caused issues when Norrie later sought to marry their partner, as Australian law defines marriage as between a man and a woman.<ref name="Reynolds" />

	For a short while, Norrie performed [[drag]] under the stage name "La Contessa Norrishka".<ref>{{cite web\|last=May-Welby\|first=Norrie\|archive-url=https://www.oocities.org/the_norrie/noz.html\|archive-date=October 2009\|url=https://www.geocities.org/the_norrie/noz.html\|title=spansexual photo-bio}}</ref>		For a short while, Norrie performed [[drag]] under the stage name "La Contessa Norrishka".<ref>{{cite web\|last=May-Welby\|first=Norrie\|archive-url=https://www.oocities.org/the_norrie/noz.html\|archive-date=October 2009\|url=https://www.geocities.org/the_norrie/noz.html\|title=spansexual photo-bio}}{{Dead link\|date=February 2026 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

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	'''Norrie May-Welby''' (sometimes styled as '''Norrie mAy Welby''') is a nonbinary cartoonist who made headlines for seeking legal [[recognition]] of ~~her~~ gender.		'''Norrie May-Welby''' (sometimes styled as '''Norrie mAy Welby''') is a nonbinary cartoonist who made headlines for seeking legal [[recognition]] of their gender.

	The New South Wales Government Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages initially recognized Norrie as being neither male nor female with a registered details certificate stating "not specified" in 2010. However, the Registry rescinded its decision in a formal letter of cancellation on 17 March 2010. In response, Norrie filed a complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission and to the Court of Appeal.<ref name="Potts">{{Cite web \|title=Norrie backflip ‘a breach of rights’ \|last=Potts \|first=Andrew M \|work=Star Observer \|date=18 March 2010 \|access-date=9 June 2020 \|url= https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/national-news/new-south-wales-news/norrie-backflip-a-breach-of-rights/22950\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815035114/https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/national-news/new-south-wales-news/norrie-backflip-a-breach-of-rights/22950 \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> The Court of Appeal ruled in favour of Norrie but the Registrar appealed to the High Court. In April 2014 the High Court ruled that it was within the Registrar's power to record in the register that the sex of Norrie was "not specific".<ref>{{cite web\|title=NSW Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages v Norrie\|date=2 April 2014 \|url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/2014/11.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213115203/http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/2014/11.html\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>		The New South Wales Government Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages initially recognized Norrie as being neither male nor female with a registered details certificate stating "not specified" in 2010. However, the Registry rescinded its decision in a formal letter of cancellation on 17 March 2010. In response, Norrie filed a complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission and to the Court of Appeal.<ref name="Potts">{{Cite web \|title=Norrie backflip ‘a breach of rights’ \|last=Potts \|first=Andrew M \|work=Star Observer \|date=18 March 2010 \|access-date=9 June 2020 \|url= https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/national-news/new-south-wales-news/norrie-backflip-a-breach-of-rights/22950\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815035114/https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/national-news/new-south-wales-news/norrie-backflip-a-breach-of-rights/22950 \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> The Court of Appeal ruled in favour of Norrie but the Registrar appealed to the High Court. In April 2014 the High Court ruled that it was within the Registrar's power to record in the register that the sex of Norrie was "not specific".<ref>{{cite web\|title=NSW Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages v Norrie\|date=2 April 2014 \|url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/2014/11.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213115203/http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/2014/11.html\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

	~~Her~~ nonspecific gender caused issues when Norrie later sought to marry ~~her~~ partner, as Australian law defines marriage as between a man and a woman.<ref name="Reynolds" />		Their nonspecific gender caused issues when Norrie later sought to marry their partner, as Australian law defines marriage as between a man and a woman.<ref name="Reynolds" />

	For a short while, Norrie performed [[drag]] under the stage name "La Contessa Norrishka".<ref>{{cite web\|last=May-Welby\|first=Norrie\|archive-url=https://www.oocities.org/the_norrie/noz.html\|archive-date=October 2009\|url=https://www.geocities.org/the_norrie/noz.html\|title=spansexual photo-bio}}</ref>		For a short while, Norrie performed [[drag]] under the stage name "La Contessa Norrishka".<ref>{{cite web\|last=May-Welby\|first=Norrie\|archive-url=https://www.oocities.org/the_norrie/noz.html\|archive-date=October 2009\|url=https://www.geocities.org/the_norrie/noz.html\|title=spansexual photo-bio}}</ref>

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	\| place_birth=Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland		\| place_birth=Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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	\| pronouns=[[she/her]]<ref name="Groom">{{Cite web \|title=An Interview with Australia's First Recognized Agender \|last=Groom \|first=Nelson \|work=Vice \|date=7 April 2014 \|access-date=9 June 2020 \|url= https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8gd84b/an-interview-with-australias-first-recognized-agender}}</ref> or [[they/them]]<ref name="Wolfgramme">{{Cite web \|title=‘You will live through heaven and hell, but you will live’: non-binary advocate Norrie \|last=Wolfgramme \|first=Katherine \|work=Star Observer \|date=20 March 2019 \|access-date=9 June 2020 \|url= https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/national-news/new-south-wales-news/you-will-live-through-heaven-hell-but-you-will-live-non-binary-advocate-norrie/179534}}</ref>		\| pronouns=[[she/her]]<ref name="Groom">{{Cite web \|title=An Interview with Australia's First Recognized Agender \|last=Groom \|first=Nelson \|work=Vice \|date=7 April 2014 \|access-date=9 June 2020 \|url= https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8gd84b/an-interview-with-australias-first-recognized-agender\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029201552/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8gd84b/an-interview-with-australias-first-recognized-agender \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> or [[they/them]]<ref name="Wolfgramme">{{Cite web \|title=‘You will live through heaven and hell, but you will live’: non-binary advocate Norrie \|last=Wolfgramme \|first=Katherine \|work=Star Observer \|date=20 March 2019 \|access-date=9 June 2020 \|url= https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/national-news/new-south-wales-news/you-will-live-through-heaven-hell-but-you-will-live-non-binary-advocate-norrie/179534\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208030405/https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/national-news/new-south-wales-news/you-will-live-through-heaven-hell-but-you-will-live-non-binary-advocate-norrie/179534 \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
	\| gender=*"I'm an [[androgynous]] person. [...] I am male, I am female, I am human."<ref name="YTinterview">{{Cite web \|title=Interview with Norrie mAy Welby, the world's first officially recognised genderless person \|author= \|work=YouTube \|date=7 March 2012 \|access-date=9 June 2020 \|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy7QrZuJ1Jw}}</ref>		\| gender=*"I'm an [[androgynous]] person. [...] I am male, I am female, I am human."<ref name="YTinterview">{{Cite web \|title=Interview with Norrie mAy Welby, the world's first officially recognised genderless person \|author= \|work=YouTube \|date=7 March 2012 \|access-date=9 June 2020 \|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy7QrZuJ1Jw\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328004323/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy7QrZuJ1Jw \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
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	*"[[bi-gender]]ed"<ref>{{cite web\|last=May-Welby\|first=Norrie\|archive-url=https://www.oocities.org/the_norrie/tsf3.html\|archive-date=October 2009\|url=https://www.geocities.org/the_norrie/tsf3.html\|title=Bi-Gendered}}</ref>		*"[[bi-gender]]ed"<ref>{{cite web\|last=May-Welby\|first=Norrie\|archive-url=https://www.oocities.org/the_norrie/tsf3.html\|archive-date=October 2009\|url=https://www.geocities.org/the_norrie/tsf3.html\|title=Bi-Gendered}}</ref>
	\| occupation=cartoonist<ref name="Reynolds">{{Cite web \|title=Norrie’s battle to get married despite being neither man nor woman \|last=Reynolds \|first=Emma \|work=News.com.au \|date=11 February 2016 \|access-date=9 June 2020 \|url= https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/relationships/marriage/norries-battle-to-get-married-despite-being-neither-man-nor-woman/news-story/74364f555980703ff29105037045edb6}}</ref>		\| occupation=cartoonist<ref name="Reynolds">{{Cite web \|title=Norrie’s battle to get married despite being neither man nor woman \|last=Reynolds \|first=Emma \|work=News.com.au \|date=11 February 2016 \|access-date=9 June 2020 \|url= https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/relationships/marriage/norries-battle-to-get-married-despite-being-neither-man-nor-woman/news-story/74364f555980703ff29105037045edb6\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805171315/https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/relationships/marriage/norries-battle-to-get-married-despite-being-neither-man-nor-woman/news-story/74364f555980703ff29105037045edb6 \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
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	'''Norrie May-Welby''' (sometimes styled as '''Norrie mAy Welby''') is a nonbinary cartoonist who made headlines for seeking legal [[recognition]] of her gender.		'''Norrie May-Welby''' (sometimes styled as '''Norrie mAy Welby''') is a nonbinary cartoonist who made headlines for seeking legal [[recognition]] of her gender.

	The New South Wales Government Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages initially recognized Norrie as being neither male nor female with a registered details certificate stating "not specified" in 2010. However, the Registry rescinded its decision in a formal letter of cancellation on 17 March 2010. In response, Norrie filed a complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission and to the Court of Appeal.<ref name="Potts">{{Cite web \|title=Norrie backflip ‘a breach of rights’ \|last=Potts \|first=Andrew M \|work=Star Observer \|date=18 March 2010 \|access-date=9 June 2020 \|url= https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/national-news/new-south-wales-news/norrie-backflip-a-breach-of-rights/22950}}</ref> The Court of Appeal ruled in favour of Norrie but the Registrar appealed to the High Court. In April 2014 the High Court ruled that it was within the Registrar's power to record in the register that the sex of Norrie was "not specific".<ref>{{cite web\|title=NSW Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages v Norrie\|date=2 April 2014 \|url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/2014/11.html}}</ref>		The New South Wales Government Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages initially recognized Norrie as being neither male nor female with a registered details certificate stating "not specified" in 2010. However, the Registry rescinded its decision in a formal letter of cancellation on 17 March 2010. In response, Norrie filed a complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission and to the Court of Appeal.<ref name="Potts">{{Cite web \|title=Norrie backflip ‘a breach of rights’ \|last=Potts \|first=Andrew M \|work=Star Observer \|date=18 March 2010 \|access-date=9 June 2020 \|url= https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/national-news/new-south-wales-news/norrie-backflip-a-breach-of-rights/22950\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815035114/https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/national-news/new-south-wales-news/norrie-backflip-a-breach-of-rights/22950 \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> The Court of Appeal ruled in favour of Norrie but the Registrar appealed to the High Court. In April 2014 the High Court ruled that it was within the Registrar's power to record in the register that the sex of Norrie was "not specific".<ref>{{cite web\|title=NSW Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages v Norrie\|date=2 April 2014 \|url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/2014/11.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213115203/http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/2014/11.html\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

	Her nonspecific gender caused issues when Norrie later sought to marry her partner, as Australian law defines marriage as between a man and a woman.<ref name="Reynolds" />		Her nonspecific gender caused issues when Norrie later sought to marry her partner, as Australian law defines marriage as between a man and a woman.<ref name="Reynolds" />

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	\| gender=*"I'm an [[androgynous]] person. [...] I am male, I am female, I am human."<ref name="YTinterview">{{Cite web \|title=Interview with Norrie mAy Welby, the world's first officially recognised genderless person \|author= \|work=YouTube \|date=7 March 2012 \|access-date=9 June 2020 \|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy7QrZuJ1Jw}}</ref>		\| gender=*"I'm an [[androgynous]] person. [...] I am male, I am female, I am human."<ref name="YTinterview">{{Cite web \|title=Interview with Norrie mAy Welby, the world's first officially recognised genderless person \|author= \|work=YouTube \|date=7 March 2012 \|access-date=9 June 2020 \|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy7QrZuJ1Jw}}</ref>
	*spansexual<ref name="Groom" />		*spansexual<ref name="Groom" />
	*"bi-~~gendered~~"<ref>{{cite web\|last=May-Welby\|first=Norrie\|archive-url=https://www.oocities.org/the_norrie/tsf3.html\|archive-date=October 2009\|url=https://www.geocities.org/the_norrie/tsf3.html\|title=Bi-Gendered}}</ref>		*"[[bi-gender]]ed"<ref>{{cite web\|last=May-Welby\|first=Norrie\|archive-url=https://www.oocities.org/the_norrie/tsf3.html\|archive-date=October 2009\|url=https://www.geocities.org/the_norrie/tsf3.html\|title=Bi-Gendered}}</ref>
	\| occupation=cartoonist<ref name="Reynolds">{{Cite web \|title=Norrie’s battle to get married despite being neither man nor woman \|last=Reynolds \|first=Emma \|work=News.com.au \|date=11 February 2016 \|access-date=9 June 2020 \|url= https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/relationships/marriage/norries-battle-to-get-married-despite-being-neither-man-nor-woman/news-story/74364f555980703ff29105037045edb6}}</ref>		\| occupation=cartoonist<ref name="Reynolds">{{Cite web \|title=Norrie’s battle to get married despite being neither man nor woman \|last=Reynolds \|first=Emma \|work=News.com.au \|date=11 February 2016 \|access-date=9 June 2020 \|url= https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/relationships/marriage/norries-battle-to-get-married-despite-being-neither-man-nor-woman/news-story/74364f555980703ff29105037045edb6}}</ref>
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	\| occupation=cartoonist<ref name="Reynolds">{{Cite web \|title=~~'Not~~ man or woman~~, but I want to marry'~~ \|last=Reynolds \|first=Emma \|work=~~dailytelegraph~~.com.au \|date=11 February 2016 \|access-date=9 June 2020 \|url= https://www.~~dailytelegraph~~.com.au/lifestyle/relationships/norries-battle-to-get-married-despite-being-neither-man-nor-woman/news-story/74364f555980703ff29105037045edb6 }}</ref>		\| occupation=cartoonist<ref name="Reynolds">{{Cite web \|title=Norrie’s battle to get married despite being neither man nor woman \|last=Reynolds \|first=Emma \|work=News.com.au \|date=11 February 2016 \|access-date=9 June 2020 \|url= https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/relationships/marriage/norries-battle-to-get-married-despite-being-neither-man-nor-woman/news-story/74364f555980703ff29105037045edb6}}</ref>
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	The New South Wales Government Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages initially recognized Norrie as being neither male nor female with a registered details certificate stating "not specified" in 2010. However, the Registry rescinded its decision in a formal letter of cancellation on 17 March 2010. In response, Norrie filed a complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission and to the Court of Appeal.<ref name="Potts">{{Cite web \|title=Norrie backflip ‘a breach of rights’ \|last=Potts \|first=Andrew M \|work=Star Observer \|date=18 March 2010 \|access-date=9 June 2020 \|url= https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/national-news/new-south-wales-news/norrie-backflip-a-breach-of-rights/22950}}</ref> The Court of Appeal ruled in favour of Norrie but the Registrar appealed to the High Court. In April 2014 the High Court ruled that it was within the Registrar's power to record in the register that the sex of Norrie was "not specific".<ref>{{cite web\|title=NSW Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages v Norrie\|date=2 April 2014 \|url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/2014/11.html}}</ref>		The New South Wales Government Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages initially recognized Norrie as being neither male nor female with a registered details certificate stating "not specified" in 2010. However, the Registry rescinded its decision in a formal letter of cancellation on 17 March 2010. In response, Norrie filed a complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission and to the Court of Appeal.<ref name="Potts">{{Cite web \|title=Norrie backflip ‘a breach of rights’ \|last=Potts \|first=Andrew M \|work=Star Observer \|date=18 March 2010 \|access-date=9 June 2020 \|url= https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/national-news/new-south-wales-news/norrie-backflip-a-breach-of-rights/22950}}</ref> The Court of Appeal ruled in favour of Norrie but the Registrar appealed to the High Court. In April 2014 the High Court ruled that it was within the Registrar's power to record in the register that the sex of Norrie was "not specific".<ref>{{cite web\|title=NSW Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages v Norrie\|date=2 April 2014 \|url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/2014/11.html}}</ref>

			Her nonspecific gender caused issues when Norrie later sought to marry her partner, as Australian law defines marriage as between a man and a woman.<ref name="Reynolds" />

	For a short while, Norrie performed [[drag]] under the stage name "La Contessa Norrishka".<ref>{{cite web\|last=May-Welby\|first=Norrie\|archive-url=https://www.oocities.org/the_norrie/noz.html\|archive-date=October 2009\|url=https://www.geocities.org/the_norrie/noz.html\|title=spansexual photo-bio}}</ref>		For a short while, Norrie performed [[drag]] under the stage name "La Contessa Norrishka".<ref>{{cite web\|last=May-Welby\|first=Norrie\|archive-url=https://www.oocities.org/the_norrie/noz.html\|archive-date=October 2009\|url=https://www.geocities.org/the_norrie/noz.html\|title=spansexual photo-bio}}</ref>

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	\| pronouns=[[she/her]]<ref name="Groom">{{Cite web \|title=An Interview with Australia's First Recognized Agender \|last=Groom \|first=Nelson \|work=Vice \|date=7 April 2014 \|access-date=9 June 2020 \|url= https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8gd84b/an-interview-with-australias-first-recognized-agender}}</ref> or [[they/them]]<ref name="Wolfgramme">{{Cite web \|title=~~The Gender Whisperer interviews~~ Norrie \|~~author~~=Wolfgramme, Katherine \|work=~~Katherine Wolfgramme - Transgender & Gender Diversity Consultant, Trans Awareness Training and Diversity Speaker in Sydney~~ \|date=20 March 2019 \|access-date=9 June 2020 \|url= https://www.~~wolfgramme~~.com/~~the~~-~~gender~~-~~whisperer~~-~~interviews~~-norrie/}}</ref>		\| pronouns=[[she/her]]<ref name="Groom">{{Cite web \|title=An Interview with Australia's First Recognized Agender \|last=Groom \|first=Nelson \|work=Vice \|date=7 April 2014 \|access-date=9 June 2020 \|url= https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8gd84b/an-interview-with-australias-first-recognized-agender}}</ref> or [[they/them]]<ref name="Wolfgramme">{{Cite web \|title=‘You will live through heaven and hell, but you will live’: non-binary advocate Norrie \|last=Wolfgramme \|first=Katherine \|work=Star Observer \|date=20 March 2019 \|access-date=9 June 2020 \|url= https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/national-news/new-south-wales-news/you-will-live-through-heaven-hell-but-you-will-live-non-binary-advocate-norrie/179534}}</ref>
	\| gender=*"I'm an [[androgynous]] person. [...] I am male, I am female, I am human."<ref name="YTinterview">{{Cite web \|title=Interview with Norrie mAy Welby, the world's first officially recognised genderless person \|author= \|work=YouTube \|date=7 March 2012 \|access-date=9 June 2020 \|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy7QrZuJ1Jw}}</ref>		\| gender=*"I'm an [[androgynous]] person. [...] I am male, I am female, I am human."<ref name="YTinterview">{{Cite web \|title=Interview with Norrie mAy Welby, the world's first officially recognised genderless person \|author= \|work=YouTube \|date=7 March 2012 \|access-date=9 June 2020 \|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy7QrZuJ1Jw}}</ref>
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'''Norrie May-Welby''' (sometimes styled as '''Norrie mAy Welby''') is a nonbinary cartoonist who made headlines for seeking legal [[recognition]] of her gender.

The New South Wales Government Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages initially recognized Norrie as being neither male nor female with a registered details certificate stating "not specified" in 2010. However, the Registry rescinded its decision in a formal letter of cancellation on 17 March 2010. In response, Norrie filed a complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission and to the Court of Appeal.<ref name="Potts">{{Cite web |title=Norrie backflip ‘a breach of rights’ |last=Potts |first=Andrew M |work=Star Observer |date=18 March 2010 |access-date=9 June 2020 |url= https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/national-news/new-south-wales-news/norrie-backflip-a-breach-of-rights/22950}}</ref> The Court of Appeal ruled in favour of Norrie but the Registrar appealed to the High Court. In April 2014 the High Court ruled that it was within the Registrar's power to record in the register that the sex of Norrie was "not specific".<ref>{{cite web|title=NSW Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages v Norrie|date=2 April 2014 |url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/2014/11.html}}</ref>

For a short while, Norrie performed [[drag]] under the stage name "La Contessa Norrishka".<ref>{{cite web|last=May-Welby|first=Norrie|archive-url=https://www.oocities.org/the_norrie/noz.html|archive-date=October 2009|url=https://www.geocities.org/the_norrie/noz.html|title=spansexual photo-bio}}</ref>

==Quotes==
"I coined the term [spansexual] in the mid 90s. Span is like a bridge, and sex is like a division (the word sex is from the Latin word for sect or section). The way I perceive myself is, I span the divide between male and female. Like a bridge, I’m in both places at once."<ref name="Groom" />

"In a decade or so, being [[transgender]] will be as un-noteworthy as being left-handed – statistically unusual, but often unnoticed. Children will be able to access appropriate [[puberty blockers]] without having to go to court. And hopefully, with less adverse pressure and more acceptance, more transgender and other sex or gender diverse people will go on to have happy, full, and fulfilling lives, and less will fall to the life-shortening events that we used to suffer in the bad old days."<ref name="Wolfgramme" />

==References==
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