A parent who identifies as a “non-binary trans person” is demanding their baby’s birth certificate be the world’s first to be marked “gender unknown.” Canadian Kori Doty, who has a mustache and claims to be neither male or female, has been fighting to keep Searyl Atli’s gender off government records since giving birth last November. Doty, who prefers to be referred to as “they” rather than “he” or “she”, told CBC they are “raising Searyl in such a way that until they have the

sense of self and command of vocabulary to tell me who they are.” They added: “I’m recognizing them as a baby and trying to give them all the love and support to be the most whole person that they can be outside of the restrictions that come with the boy box and the girl box.” Doty is trying to get British Columbia to issue the child with a birth certificate which does not have a gender marker.  READ MORE


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