The bin year that was 2020 is finally behind us and 2021 has brought some good news. A South Australian couple, who are expecting their baby later in 2021 have decided to bring up their child genderless. Agender and queer couple Emryk Prout and Jordan Watson said they will leave it to their child to decide for themselves about the gender they identify with. Star Observer spoke to Emryk and Jordan after they announced the decision on social media. The couple had met 14 years ago at school where they became best friends. It wasn’t until a couple of years ago when they moved in together that love blossomed. Their relationship does not fall into the categories of binary normality, but instead works on shared roles, responsibilities and an equal partnership. When they decided to start a family, it was a joint call after much deliberation. “Emryk had always wanted to carry children, it was only ever a matter of when and how. For Jordan they always assumed that being queer meant that having biological children would not be an option, so they never put much thought into it. That changed when we got together,” said the couple. “We had multiple conversations about why we wanted children and on parenting styles. We found that we agreed with each other. We thought about the happiness and opportunities we would be able to provide to a child and our decision was made. We were ready to add to our family.” The couple decided against medical assistance to have a child and instead decided to do it naturally. Emryk is now 15 weeks pregnant. The conversations between the couple led them to their next decision that they will raise their child genderless. “We believe gender identity is not determined by physical markers, like genitalia, nor by our DNA. For this reason, we will be offering our child equal access to all clothes, toys and activities, and using they/them pronouns for them until the child says otherwise. We both as adults have been able to recognise experiences and opportunities that we missed out on as a result of being raised in a binary, cis normative environment, and we just want to make sure our child does not have those limitations,” the couple explained.