Alex MacFarlane

Alex MacFarlane is an Australian activist and an intersex person born with XXY sex chromosomes. Born in Victoria, MacFarlane is believed to be the first holder of an indeterminate birth certificate and passport.

This was stated by the West Australian newspaper to be on the basis of a challenge by MacFarlane, using an indeterminate birth certificate issued by the State of Victoria. The West Australian newspaper reported in January 2003 that the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade "had decided to accommodate people whose birth certificates recorded their sex as indeterminate... MacFarlane is also believed to be the first Australian issued with a birth certificate acknowledging a gender other than male or female, which says 'indeterminate – also known as intersex'". It was issued in MacFarlane‘s birth state of Victoria, which unlike WA, changed its policy to allow the category. and Norrie May-Welby.