I was originally going to ask how many legal genders there should be, but I fail to see a compelling argument against 0.

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[–] 27 points 4 weeks ago (7 children)

It's medically relevant information. If you're incapacitated, this could be vital information to whoever treats you.

This one is overlooked and can be literally a matter of life and death. Certain medications react differently based on hormone levels for example, so even if someone was born male if they have a nominally female balance of hormones they need to be treated (medically) as female.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    That's sex, though, not gender

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  • [–] 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Is it? You can have female hormone levels and still have male genitalia. Science is cool like that. And no, people aren't defined solely by their genitals, but they aren't solely defined by their appearance either, or their biology. It's a big mash up of those things and a few more.

    Point being it's really hard to describe that situation as being solely one or the other. It's definitely something that needs to be indicated for medical reasons though, but most Identification Documents don't draw any distinction between sex and gender, much less allow for notation of something like that. Once again, paperwork lags behind reality.

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