Kori Doty, Searyl’s parent, decided to keep the baby’s gender off of all government records until Searyl is "old enough to develop their own gender identity," Doty said in a statement issued by the Gender Free I.D. Coalition, a group that advocates for genderless government documents in Canada.
Doty, who identifies as nonbinary and transgender, gave birth to Searyl at a friend’s home in British Columbia in November. Searyl does not have a birth certificate, which is needed to be issued a medical card.
