A Call to Arms: Norrie

For background and analysis of the legal and social issues encountered by sex and gender diverse people in relation to documents and government records, see the Australian Human Rights Commission, Sex Files: The Legal Recognition of Sex in Documents and Government Records (2009) <https://www.humanrights.gov.au/sex-files-legal-recognition-concluding-paper-sex-and-gender-2009>.

Consistent with the High Court, we use female pronouns to refer to Norrie.

Norrie v NSW Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages [2013] NSWCA 145, [1]–[3].

Norrie [200]–[205], [257], [288]–[290].

As a point of interest, Norrie has expressed an intention of getting married: See Bibby Paul , ‘Norrie has won a victory for all people neither male nor female’ Sydney Morning Herald (online) 5 April 2014 <http://www.smh.com.au/national/norrie-has-won-a-victory-for-all-people-neither-male-nor-female-20140404-3645m.html>.

Human Rights Law Centre, ‘High Court rejects outdated notions of gender’ [Online] 2 April 2014 <http://hrlc.org.au/media-release-high-court-rejects-outdated-notions-of-gender/>.

ABC, ‘Sex not just male or female: High Court’ ABC News (online), 2 April 2014 <http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2014/s3976627.htm>.

See, eg, California Health and Safety Code § 103426 (West 2014); Oregon Administrative Rules 333-011-0275(1)(e) (2014), 18 Vt. Stat. § 5112 (2011).

Norrie [31]–[32].