Horizon Flame Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 (edited) Australia's first official non-binary person calls for Mother's Day to be RENAMED so it includes transgender men who have given birth Transgender activist Norrie May-Welby calling for debate on Mother's Day term Norrie suggested 'Nurturer's Day' would be a better term with 'men' giving birth Medicare data from 2018-19 showed 22 transgender men gave birth in a year A progressive activist has suggested Mother's Day be renamed to reflect how transgender men are now classified as giving birth. Norrie May-Welby, who was born a male and had gender reassignment surgery at age 28, said the term 'mother' was not exclusive to females. 'It's not sex specific. I think mothering is instinctual in all mammals, regardless of biological sex,' the activist told Daily Mail Australia. Norrie, 60, won a High Court battle in 2014 to be identified as belonging to neither gender in New South Wales. In a unanimous decision, Australia's highest court allowed the state's Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages to register a person's sex as 'non-specific'. Now Norrie, who was born in Scotland, is calling for a debate on the term Mother's Day ahead of the special day on Sunday. ‘Mother' is a verb. One can be mothering without being a biological birther,' Norrie said. 'And Mother's Day, before Hallmark hijacked it, was Mothering Sunday, when one returned to the church one was baptised in. ' While not offended by the term Mother's Day, Norrie suggested it be renamed 'Nurturer's Day'. 'Of course language shifts with time and place, and it may become Nurturer's Day, but that's an extra syllable, and for now, I am happy with 'Mother's Day',' Norrie said. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10788221/Call-Mothers-Day-renamed-transgender-men-classified-giving-birth.html Thoughts? Should it be changed? Edited May 10, 2022 by Horizon Flame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Show Business Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donquizote Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brando Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 This is literally turning into conservative propaganda ploy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosque Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Nurturer's day sounds really awkward but I don't see anything wrong with calling it "parent day" or something. Lots of people of any gender/sex take on nurturing duties of some kind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazareth Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Wouldn’t it be easier to just create another national holiday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bidet Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 #justNBthingz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Slayne Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 oh look, another thread about nonbinary people that ATRLers can laugh at and say 'sJwS hAvE gOnE tOo FaR!!!1' what else is new on this website full of gay boomers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylena Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Australia just keeps getting worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brando Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 4 minutes ago, John Slayne said: another thread about nonbinary people i mean, but who else can decide these matters at the end of the day? 99.99% of people are "binary" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brunette Ambition Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 I’ll never understand those peoples obsession with wanting to rename anything that has to do with women into birthing people, menstruators, nurturer, etc. it sounds way too conservative and reducing women to their body functions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainMusic Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 16 minutes ago, Dephira said: Nurturer's day sounds really awkward but I don't see anything wrong with calling it "parent day" or something. Lots of people of any gender/sex take on nurturing duties of some kind Then they can create their own day? Why on earth should Mothers Day be changed to accommodate such a small part of the population? The VAST majority of people who give birth are women and the day should reflect that. Absolutely ridiculous idea that should never happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wastedpotential Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Okay... I understand wanting to be included and all and I don't begrudge them that, but it does not make much sense to me for Australia to rename a holiday previously dedicated to millions of people (mothers) to include approximately 22 more of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge Of Glory Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 i mean if anything i would think the move would be making both mothers and fathers day more inclusive of amab mothers and afab fathers, but idk if this is the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khal Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 (edited) This idea, along with "birthing bodies" are among the stupidest things I've ever heard Edited May 10, 2022 by Khal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxy Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Why not make a new one for them and not highjack the old one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClashAndBurn Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 This is honestly the kind of toxic representation that has the potential to set back everything we have achieved. Why do people want to provoke anti-wokeist uprisings that have the potential to lead to violence against trans-men and non-binary people? It’s self-defeating and alienating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeMésTragique Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Conservatives don't even need to lift a finger nowadays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoanneActII Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 trans men who have kids should celebrate father's day. "problem" solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurem Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 3 hours ago, Horizon Flame said: ‘It's not sex specific. I think mothering is instinctual in all mammals, regardless of biological sex,' the activist told Daily Mail Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miichael Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 3 hours ago, Brando said: This is literally turning into conservative propaganda ploy This. Of course it’s the Daily Mail reporting this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrorblade Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marla Singer Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 In before JK Rowling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Nobody is calling for this, it's just Daily Mail trying to get hetero cis people to feel threatened by trans people. Stay vigilant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masochism Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 2 minutes ago, Pop said: Nobody is calling for this, it's just Daily Mail trying to get hetero cis people to feel threatened by trans people. Stay vigilant. literally this, why are we posting one single persons opinion and taking it as gospel / a nation wide request Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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