MANY
MANY PARENTS FIND OUT THE SECTS OF THEIR BABY BEFORE THE BABY
IS BORN.4@
IS BORN.4@ SOME FAMILIES ARE EXPLORING
ANOTHER OPTION. LIZ CRAWFORD
MET ONE FLORIDA FAMILY RAISING
A GENDER NEUTRAL TRIAL.
>> Reporter: INSTEAD OF A BOY
OR A GI4@RL4@, GENERAL NEUTRAL
BABIES ARE KNOWN AS THEYBIES .
THEYBIES ARE BABIES WITHOUT A
KNOWN SECTS . THAT MEANS ONLY4@
PARENTS AND TRUSTED CAREGIVERS
KNOWN THE AT ANATOMY.4@ 4@
REVEALING THE SECTS OF YOUR
UNBOUND SEX OF YOUR UNBORN BABY
HAS BEEN4@ SEALY.
HUGE GENDER REVEAL PARTIES 4@AR
POPULAR. 4@
POPULAR. 4@ RIFLES OR RUFFLES?
INDICATING WHETHER YOU ARE 4@
HAVING A BOY OR A GIRL.
YES, EVEN 4@THIS, AND ALLIGATOR
TROMPING 4@INTO A WATERMELON AN
BLUE JELL-O FILLING OUT4@. A
PROCLAMATION TO THE WORLD IT IS
A BOY.
A BOY.
A BOY. >>
A BOY. >> FOR 4@SOME FAMILIES, THE
GENDER REVEAL4@ WON'T HAPPEN
ANYTIME SOON.
ANYTIME SOON. >> WE DID NOT ASSIGN A SEX AT 4@
BIRTH.
BIRTH.
BIRTH. THEY HAD GENITALS4@, WE KNOW WH
THEY ARE, WE CHOSE 4@TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THOSE GENITALS
DO NOT INDICATE ANYTHING ABOUT
GENDER.
GENDER.
GENDER. >> MEET SARAH, A SMILING4@ CURIS
, ADORABLE BABY.
YOUR 4@NEXT QUESTION MIGHT 4@BE
SPARROW A BOY OR GIRL.
THE ANSWER, TO BE DETERMINED.
>> MY OWN MOTHER DID NOT KNOW
SPARROWS GENITALS FOR THE FIRST
THREE MONTHS.
THREE MONTHS. SHE 4@WAS LIVING WITH US AT THE
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. >>
TIME. >> Reporter: 4@SPARROWS PARENTS
DECIDED TO RAISE THEIR BABY
GENERAL4@ GENDER NEUTRAL.
EVEN SPARROWS 4@BIRTH4@ CERTIFI
SAYS SEX UNKNOWN.
>> WE ARE IN NO WAY PROHIBITING
SPARROW FROM HAVING A GENDER.
WE ARE NOT FORCING THEM TO BE
ONE GENDER OR THE OTHER.
>> Reporter: ARI DENNIS SAID
THE FAMILY WAS INSPIRED TO 4@
RAISE SPARROW WITHOUT A KNOWN
GENDER AFTER4@ THEIR OLDER CHIL
HAZEL, DISCOVERED GENDER.4@ HAZ,
HOW 4@DO YOU RESPOND WHEN SOMEO
ASKED YOU IF YOU HAVE A BROTHER
OR SISTER?
OR SISTER? >> I SAY I HAVE A SIBLING.
>> Reporter: HAVE ANY 4@OF YOU
SLIPPED UP?
SLIPPED UP? >> NO ONE IN THE HOUSE HAS.
WE DIDN'T WANT SPARROW TO GROW
UP DEVOID OF GENDER.4@ GETTING
TREATED LIKE 4@A GIRL, A BOY,
SOMEONE THEY CAN'T TELL SHOWS
THEM DIVERSE 4@OF OPTIONS.
>> Reporter: SPARROWS FAMILY IS
NOT ALONE.
NOT ALONE. A CLOSED FACEBOOK GROUP CALLED
PARENTING THEYBIES HAS ROUGHLY
350 MEMBERS. 4@
WHAT IF SPARROW SAYS4@ IN MY OL
BOY OR A4@ GIRL?
>> I WOULD 4@TELL THEM THAT THE
ARE THE ONE TO DECIDE THAT.
DO YOU FEEL LIKE A BOY?
DO YOU FEEL LIKE 4@A GIRL? 4@
>> Reporter: I HAVE A DAUGHTER
FINLEY, 4@THE WALLS IN HER
NURSERY ARE PINK4@. DO YOU THIN
I AM4@ NUTS?
>> NO, I THINK YOU ARE
FOLLOWING A COMFORTABLE SOCIAL
NARRATIVE.
NARRATIVE. >> Reporter: AS FOR SET NARROW
SPARROW, IT IS WAIT AND 4@SEE.
>> THERE IS NO 4@WAY THIS CAN G
WRONG.
WRONG.
WRONG. THE CHILD WILL NOT BE CONFUSED.
IF GENDER IS 4@SOMETHING IN YOU
NO ONE IS GOING TO CHANGE THAT.
>> Reporter: THERE ARE VARYING
DEGREES OF GENDER NEUTRAL
PARENTING. 4@
PARENTING. 4@ YOU HAVE FAMILIES LIKE SPARROWS
WHO ARE 4@CHOOSING NOT TO
DISCLOSE THE SEX OF THEIR 4@BAB
OTHERS ARE ENCOURAGING CHILDREN
TO4@ PLAY WITH ALL KINDS OF TOY
AND WEAR WHATEVER COLOR THEY
WANT.
WANT.
WANT. YOU
WANT. YOU CAN 4@FIND THE FULL INTERV4
ON