# Norrie May-Welby: The World's First Legally Genderless Person **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 19, 2010, 7:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/norrie-may-welby-the-worlds-first-legally-genderless-person/151808 "2010-03-19T07:12:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 7:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/norrie-may-welby-the-worlds-first-legally-genderless-person/151808/1 "2010-03-19T07:12:56Z")
and now for something different! > Norrie May-Welby has become the first person to be officially designated as gender ‘not specified’ - [being neither a man nor a woman.](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/03/16/2010-03-16_no_sex_for_me_please_extranssexual_briton_is_first_legally_genderless_person.html) > ![http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/150011/thumbs/s-NORRIE-MAYWELBY-large.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/d/6/d6350bfc6e451525071c2811456a896705839603.jpeg) > May-Welby, born a man 48 years ago in Scotland, became a woman at age 28 after a sex change operation in Australia. However, May-Welby did not feel comfortable as a woman and desired to[become a ‘neuter.’](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7446850/Briton-is-recognised-as-worlds-first-officially-genderless-person.html) > Officials in New South Wales, Australia have now altered May-Welby’s birth certificate to specify the neutral gender. > May-Welby has posted some thoughts about the reclassification on a [blog](http://may-welby.blogspot.com/): > 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. > May-Welby goes on to speak of being “grateful that at least the state of New South Wales is able to deal with me on such an adult basis.” > Story continues below ![http://www.huffingtonpost.com/images/v/darr.gif](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/images/v/darr.gif) > > A spokesperson for the UK’s Gender Trust [welcomed the classification](http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2892221/Norrie-May-Welby-is-officially-not-a-he-nor-a-she.html): “Many people like the idea of being genderless.” ---
**Author:** ![glitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/0ea827/32.png) [@glitch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/glitch)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 7:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/norrie-may-welby-the-worlds-first-legally-genderless-person/151808/2 "2010-03-19T07:14:32Z")
> “Many people like the idea of being genderless.” > Newman? ---
**Author:** ![ItsOver](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/itsover/32/5431_2.png) [@ItsOver](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ItsOver)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 7:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/norrie-may-welby-the-worlds-first-legally-genderless-person/151808/3 "2010-03-19T07:19:02Z")
So what bathroom does it use? ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 7:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/norrie-may-welby-the-worlds-first-legally-genderless-person/151808/4 "2010-03-19T07:19:46Z")
> [@glitch](#): > > Newman? I’m manly as fuck. ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 7:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/norrie-may-welby-the-worlds-first-legally-genderless-person/151808/5 "2010-03-19T07:22:57Z")
Colostomy Bag ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 7:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/norrie-may-welby-the-worlds-first-legally-genderless-person/151808/6 "2010-03-19T07:31:23Z")
Great, we have officially lost all hope for our future existance on this planet. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 7:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/norrie-may-welby-the-worlds-first-legally-genderless-person/151808/7 "2010-03-19T07:38:30Z")
lol white people… ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 7:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/norrie-may-welby-the-worlds-first-legally-genderless-person/151808/8 "2010-03-19T07:54:11Z")
> [@ItsOver](#): > > So what bathroom does it use? that does bring up a good question, do you call it an “it”, or is that offensive? ---
**Author:** ![TsiTalon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tsitalon/32/5012_2.png) [@TsiTalon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TsiTalon)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 8:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/norrie-may-welby-the-worlds-first-legally-genderless-person/151808/9 "2010-03-19T08:01:05Z")
new jobs are created to make new bathroom facilities for the genderless! its nothing but good news! ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 10:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/norrie-may-welby-the-worlds-first-legally-genderless-person/151808/10 "2010-03-19T10:32:25Z")
> [@theblue](#): > > that does bring up a good question, do you call it an “it”, or is that offensive? Think you answered your own question here. ---
**Author:** ![burnt\_toast](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/burnt_toast/32/7518_2.png) [@burnt\_toast](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/burnt_toast)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 10:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/norrie-may-welby-the-worlds-first-legally-genderless-person/151808/11 "2010-03-19T10:42:09Z")
> [@ItsOver](#): > > So what bathroom does it use? > [@theblue](#): > > that does bring up a good question, do you call it an “it”, or is that offensive? that brings up another question too… how does “it” go to the bathroom??? ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 10:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/norrie-may-welby-the-worlds-first-legally-genderless-person/151808/12 "2010-03-19T10:46:47Z")
Some serious mental issues there. ---
**Author:** ![airhead](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/airhead/32/7471_2.png) [@airhead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/airhead)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 10:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/norrie-may-welby-the-worlds-first-legally-genderless-person/151808/13 "2010-03-19T10:58:35Z")
![http://iqfb.com/wp-content/gallery/posts/itspat.jpg](http://iqfb.com/wp-content/gallery/posts/itspat.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 11:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/norrie-may-welby-the-worlds-first-legally-genderless-person/151808/14 "2010-03-19T11:02:05Z")
> [@burnt\_toast](#): > > that brings up another question too… how does “it” go to the bathroom??? it takes the royal we ---
**Author:** ![n20junkie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/n20junkie/32/7396_2.png) [@n20junkie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/n20junkie)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 11:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/norrie-may-welby-the-worlds-first-legally-genderless-person/151808/15 "2010-03-19T11:02:49Z")
It was born with a dick, it has an adams apple, its a fucking male. Cause he gutted and flipped his dick to make a sleve called a vagina, and then hated that so had it sewn shut, then thats cool. He still has gender, its just a fucked up twist society is taking. ---
**Author:** ![BOBBYGRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 11:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/norrie-may-welby-the-worlds-first-legally-genderless-person/151808/16 "2010-03-19T11:06:32Z")
So what this thing chopped its dick off and sewed up the hole where it was? This is beyond fucked if you ask me. ---
**Author:** ![deebo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deebo/32/5218_2.png) [@deebo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deebo)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 12:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/norrie-may-welby-the-worlds-first-legally-genderless-person/151808/17 "2010-03-19T12:12:10Z")
how does it piss ---
**Author:** ![Clean\_Baldy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/clean_baldy/32/7308_2.png) [@Clean\_Baldy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Clean_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 12:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/norrie-may-welby-the-worlds-first-legally-genderless-person/151808/18 "2010-03-19T12:55:45Z")
It’s a man. /story. ---
**Author:** ![glitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/0ea827/32.png) [@glitch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/glitch)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 1:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/norrie-may-welby-the-worlds-first-legally-genderless-person/151808/19 "2010-03-19T13:38:58Z")
> [@deebo](#): > > how does it piss Probably seeps through the stiched up mangina. ---
**Author:** ![jt76](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jt76/32/5100_2.png) [@jt76](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jt76)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 1:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/norrie-may-welby-the-worlds-first-legally-genderless-person/151808/20 "2010-03-19T13:48:26Z")
> [@airhead](#): > haha beat me to it! [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/norrie-may-welby-the-worlds-first-legally-genderless-person/151808.md?page=2)