• Squizzy@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    But this should never have been the case, the birth certificate should never have been in this discussion. I don’t want these people to be discriminated against but this is a stupid argument to have made in the first place. It is not transphobic to factually record whether a new born has a penis or a vagina - which is the entirety of what the intention of recording gender has been since the beginning of records.

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      10 months ago

      Birth certificates are not used for any medical purpose. They are entirely for identification.

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        10 months ago

        They are a legal record of your birth, get an ID for identification. I have no problem with someone changing any ID or being considered whatever they want. My only issue is the birth cert side of things.

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      10 months ago

      Would agree, except 99% of person identification, uses sex and specifically YOUR birth certificate. For current identification purposes for anything official.