Norrie May Welby made history—she became the first Australian to be formally recognized as being gender non-specific. Born a male, Norrie underwent sex reassignment surgery in 1989, only to resolve on identifying with neither sides of the field. She was granted gender neutrality from the Registry for Births Deaths and Marriages in 2010... She's an ardent social activist regularly rallying for refuges and equality and she’s been hustling for sexuality rights since the early 1990s, making last weeks victory a weighty milestone.