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#1 Jul 08 2013 at 4:50 AM Rating: Good
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In 2010 the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages handed out an amended Birth Certificate to Norrie May-Albie that said, "Sex: not specified". They also created the category "Sex: non-specific".

Non-specific gender was created to cover among others, Intersex people like Mayor X. 50 years ago intersex babies were a 1 in 100,000 birth defect. Now they are 1 in 1000. Mayor X had been born biologically and genitally both and neither male and female. As a young child Mayor X's parents had had surgery performed to create female-type genitals on their baby, who subsequently lived for two decades as a woman. Being a woman did not reflect X's reality, and after two years on male hormones, X settled down to "it's" reality, which was for "it" essentially neuter.

Norrie, on the other hand, identifies as and is biologically 'both male and female". Norrie is a more traditional Male-to-Female Transgender, having hormonal treatments as an adult, surgery to remove "his" *****, but not further surgery to create female genitalia. After years living as a woman, Norrie settled into a hybrid identity that has many feminine traits, but also a lot of male/androgynous traits, a la David Bowie.

After Norris's birth certificate hit the headlines, a higher institution ruled that the Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages had no authority to "create" a third sex. That was appealed, and the Supreme Court overturned the overturning by deciding that "Sex is not binary" and that Birth certificates and other official documents could apply "non-specific/not-specified" as well as "male" and "female" answers to the answer for Sex?.
#2 Jul 08 2013 at 6:04 AM Rating: Good
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1) I read that as the "NSFW Supreme Court".

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That was appealed, and the Supreme Court overturned the overturning by deciding that "Sex is not binary" and that Birth certificates and other official documents could apply "non-specific/not-specified" as well as "male" and "female" answers to the answer for Sex?.


Are you asking a question or making a statement? Go to sleep Ari, you're obviously drunk.
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#3 Jul 08 2013 at 7:46 AM Rating: Good
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Shaowstrike the Shady wrote:
1) I read that as the "NSFW Supreme Court".
I read it as "Not Sure When."
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#4 Jul 08 2013 at 9:23 AM Rating: Good
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I almost googled NSW to see what it was. But I thought it might be more fun to pretend I knew.

Also, I enjoy binary sex.
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It's all about the analog.
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lolgaxe wrote:
It's all about the analog.


And the I/O.
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#7 Jul 08 2013 at 9:49 AM Rating: Good
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NSW = New South Wales, it's not that hard.
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I have binary sex all the time. There's either 0 or 1 person participating.
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it's not that hard.
They make pills for that.
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#11 Jul 08 2013 at 5:44 PM Rating: Good
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I have binary sex all the time. There's either 0 or 1 person participating.


I have binary sex all the time, orgies so disappointing that ten feels like two.
#12 Jul 08 2013 at 10:57 PM Rating: Decent
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Perhaps sex is a trinary state? On, Off, High Resistance/Impedance? (1, 0, Z)

Edited, Jul 9th 2013 12:57am by Deadgye
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#13 Jul 09 2013 at 3:28 AM Rating: Decent
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More like a FSM, Finite State Machine, not Flying Spaghetti Monster.
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But is it Moore or Mealy?
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#15 Jul 13 2013 at 2:24 PM Rating: Decent
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So now you are saying that the question will read
Sex of child
Male :0 (0.0%)
Female:0 (0.0%)
David Bowie:7 (100.0%)
Total:7


Edited, Jul 16th 2013 6:32pm by Pawkeshup
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You forgot Tilda Swinton in that poll.
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#17 Jul 13 2013 at 4:59 PM Rating: Decent
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Sorry, there is only Male, Female and David Bowie. Take it to court if you want 4 now.

Edited, Jul 16th 2013 6:32pm by Pawkeshup
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#18 Jul 14 2013 at 5:55 AM Rating: Good
Do you mean David Bowie?
#19 Jul 16 2013 at 4:33 PM Rating: Decent
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Kavekk wrote:
Do you mean David Bowie?

This keyboard is starting to have a personality.

FYI, I, N, T, S, and D are overused on it due to being former and current shortcuts on my work software.

Edited, Jul 16th 2013 6:34pm by Pawkeshup
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Time for a new one then.
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Pawkeshup, Averter of the Apocalypse wrote:
Kavekk wrote:
Do you mean David Bowie?

This keyboard is starting to have a personality.

FYI, I, N, T, S, and D are overused on it due to being former and current shortcuts on my work software.


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