{"id":817490,"date":"2019-06-17T10:51:23","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T00:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebrag.com\/?p=817490"},"modified":"2019-06-17T13:12:13","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T03:12:13","slug":"norrie-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebrag.com\/norrie-documentary\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch this short doco on LGBQT activist\/Newtown Icon\/Creator of bubbles, Norrie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Newtown is home to some of the most colourful and vibrant humans you&#8217;ll ever meet. Though few are as colourful and vibrant as Norrie.<\/p>\n<p>Many of us have been fortunate enough to be standing at an intersection on King St, when suddenly, bubbles start floating by &#8211; the unmistakable and joyous sign that Norrie is nearby.<\/p><div class=\"my-2 text-center ad-mrec\" id=\"ad-incontent-1\"><!--817490 | article | incontent_1 | 1--><div id=\"div-gpt-article_incontent_1\" style=\"margin: auto; text-align: center\"><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(\"div-gpt-article_incontent_1\"); });<\/script><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n            window.googletag = window.googletag || {cmd: []};\n            googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"fuse_category\", [\"news\"]);googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"tbm_tags\", [\"lgbqt\",\"norrie\"]);googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"pagepath\", [\"wp-jsonwpv2posts817490\"]);<\/script><\/div>\n<p>Known to locals for some time now, Norrie has been immortalised via a short documentary, or perhaps more so a poetic portrait, painted by the storytellers at Real Folk Stories.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I only have one legal name&#8221; explains Norrie in the feature, &#8220;but a lot of people can&#8217;t get their heads around that so I made up the name Norrie May-Welby. It&#8217;s a joke, may-well be, yeah?&#8221; fantastic insight into the mentality and wicked humour of Norrie.<\/p>\n<p>For the uninitiated, Norrie legendary status goes beyond the combination of soap and water. Norrie is a LGBQT activist and the world\u2019s first legally recognised genderless person.<\/p>\n<p>In 2010, NSW Government\u2019s Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages reissued Norrie&#8217;s, who was assigned &#8216;male&#8217; at birth, birth certificate recognising the Scottish-Australian&#8217;s status as gender &#8220;non-specific&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However soon after, the registry reneged on the decision.<\/p>\t\t\t<div class=\"observer-sub-form justify-content-center my-3 p-0 d-flex align-items-stretch bg-dark text-white\">\n    <div class=\"img-wrap\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/images-r2-2.thebrag.com\/newsletters\/newsletter_tonedeaf_logo_20250512.jpg); background-size: cover;\"><\/div>\n    <div class=\"observer-sub-form-info p-3\" style=\"justify-content: start;\">\n        <h2 class=\"h5 mb-0 observer-title\">Love Music?<\/h2>\n        <p class=\"observer-desc mb-2\">\n            Get your daily dose of metal, rock, indie, pop, and everything else in between.        <\/p>\n        <form action=\"#\" method=\"post\" id=\"observer-subscribe-form817490\"\n              name=\"observer-subscribe-form\"\n              class=\"observer-subscribe-form\">\n            <p class=\"d-none js-errors-subscribe\"><\/p>\n            <p class=\"d-none js-msg-subscribe\" style=\"text-align: center; line-height: calc(180px - 4.5rem)\"><\/p>\n            <div class=\"d-flex justify-content-start\" style=\"background: #000; justify-content: space-between; gap: 0.5rem;\">\n                <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"list\" value=\"64\">\n                <input type=\"email\" name=\"email\" class=\"observer-sub-email\" placeholder=\"Your email\" value=\"\" required \/>\n                <div class=\"d-flex submit-wrap\">\n                    <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Join\" name=\"subscribe\" class=\"button btn btn-join btn-primary\" style=\"color: #fff !important\">\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/form>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"spinner d-none\">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-r2-2.thebrag.com\/common\/spinner.gif\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" alt=\"\">\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Over four years, Norrie fought against the legal system in an ultimately successful bid to be recognised, once more and forever, as &#8220;gender non-specific.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Many of us have been fortunate enough to get a friendly hello from Norrie as they sail through atop a slipstream of bubbles, however filmmakers Chi Chi Menendez and Paul Van Kan were granted access not just into Norrie&#8217;s home, but Norrie&#8217;s inner most thoughts on identity and gender.<\/p>\n<p>Void of politics or spin, the video is a deeply personal insight into the thoughts of a non-binary person and a pointed reminder of why Norrie, and indeed all those who embrace their identity despite prevailing wisdom, are so important to the soul of Australia.<\/p>\n<h2>Watch NORRIE: An intimate portrait of the world\u2019s first legally recognised genderless person<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"op-interactive\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kpZA_b0Cl-w\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newtown is home to some of the most colourful and vibrant humans you&#8217;ll ever meet. 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