Genderless Babies

When there is a newborn baby in the family, the first question that people ask is "Is it a boy or a girl?". Boys are dressed in blue and girls in pink from a very young age itself as parents do not like to be asked the gender of their babies all the time. Instead of congratulating the family and being happy for them even relatives just want to know if there is a new boy or girl in the family.  Due to this, we do not find many genderless babies being raised. From a very young age itself, the children are identified with their gender and made to wear clothes and play with toys accordingly. There is a family in Canada however, which has been raising genderless babies. The gender of their four-month-old baby, Storm, was not shared with anyone. The only people, besides the parents, who know about Storm’s gender were Storm’s brothers, Jazz and Kio, a close family friend and the two midwives who helped deliver the baby. Even the names of their other children are gender neutral. They decided not to share the gender of the baby as a ‘tribute to freedom and choice in place of limitation, a stand up to what the world could become in Storm’s lifetime.’ They did not want to isolate their children from the world but would mention and talk about gender when it was meaningful. There are some people in the world who are working towards the abolishment of sex and gender discrimination and these people should be looked upon as role models to make the world a better place to live in.