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Cisgender Boy Forced to Play on Girls' Sports Team Because of Birth Certificate Error (www.them.us)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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[–] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

My (cis female) birth certificate erroneously was filled out with “male”. Same error happened on the birth certificate of my mother (who is also cis female).

Do they use drunkards to fill out important registration forms in the US?

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    There's something like thirty boxes of information on the thing, and all the others are correct. I suspect whoever was typing it (on a typewriter - this was pre-computers) had several in a row that really were male babies and just got that stuck in their head.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    How difficult is it to correct an obviously wrong record in the US?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Used to not be a problem. But people transitioning use the same process to amend their records, so now there's roadblocks.

    They actually sent the school an amended certificate, and a doctor's note explaining everything. The school just isn't satisfied.

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