• Title
  Item 2: Norrie interview by Darby Carr, 16 December 2022
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  16 December 2022
• Type of material
  Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Oral Histories
• Reference code
  9673120
• Physical Description
  3 audio files (2 hr., 41 min.) - digital, WAV, stereo (48 kHz, 24 bit)
  
• Scope and Content
  Norrie discusses moving to Sydney, finding queer communities, the issues of economic security and safety that impact on trans people, the commercial and social scene in Sydney and sites such as the Taxi Club in Darlinghurst, sex work on William Street and housing affordability. They recall their first contact with the trans and gender diverse welfare service Teresia's House (later called The Gender Centre), the ‘tranny wars’ and differences of opinion with regard to surgical intervention, the medicalisation of transgender people and what some viewed as ‘surgical salvation’, finding work at the needle and syringe exchange outreach program operated by the Langton Centre and attending their first Mardi Gras.
  
  Norrie discusses in detail their challenge in the High Court of Australia to claim their right to be ‘sex non-specific’ registered. They reflect on changing attitudes in Australian society towards gender diversity, their biggest challenges in life and where they have found their greatest sources of support.
• Language
  English
• Copying Conditions
  In copyright:
  Copyright holder:: State Library of New South Wales
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Recorded at Forbes Street Studios, Woollomooloo, New South Wales, on 16 December 2022
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Norrie
  
• Subject
  Norrie--Interviews.
  Transgender people--New South Wales.
  Transgender people—Legal status, laws, etc.--Australia.
  Transgender people--Identity.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE20568921

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