On March 8th, 2010, Australia may have made gender history, as the New South Wales government lays claim to being the first in the world to recognise an individual’s sex as officially “not specified”. The NSW government s issued what is believed to be the world’s first ‘Sex Not Specified’ Recognised Details Certificate in place of a birth certificate.
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> Sex not specified: Australia leads the way with legal document (The Scavenger)
> Australia is first to recognise ‘non-specified’ gender (Awid)
> Australia is first to recognise ‘non-specified’ gender (Pink News)