Legal recognition for those who don't identify as either 'M' or 'F'

By Paul Bibby
Updated May 31 2013 - 6:08pm, first published 6:02pm
Norrie
Norrie
Landmark decision: 'Norrie' won a landmark case in the Supreme Court. Photo: Dallas Kilponen
Landmark decision: 'Norrie' won a landmark case in the Supreme Court. Photo: Dallas Kilponen

People who do not identify as male or female have achieved formal legal recognition in Australia for the first time, after the NSW Court of Appeal overturned a ruling that everyone must be listed as a man or a woman with the Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages.

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