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'''Gender markers''' are data points that show the gender of a person on a document (such as passport, driver's license, insurance card, birth certificate, etc) or in a computer system (such as an employee database, electronic health record, etc). Sometimes this data point is called "[[Sex]]" instead of "Gender" | '''Gender markers''' are data points that show the gender of a person on a document (such as passport, driver's license, insurance card, birth certificate, etc) or in a computer system (such as an employee database, electronic health record, etc). Sometimes this data point is called "[[Sex]]" instead of "Gender". | ||
The standard common gender markers are M for [[male]] and F for [[female]]. Other gender markers (which are not always available) include U for unspecified, O for [[other]], E for [[eunuch]]<ref name="FoggDavis">{{Cite web |title=Let’s delete sex-identity from birth certificates |last=Fogg Davis |first=Heath |work=Aeon |date=31 May 2017 |access-date=8 October 2020 |url= https://aeon.co/ideas/lets-delete-sex-identity-from-birth-certificates |quote=Heath Fogg Davis |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322221604/https://aeon.co/ideas/lets-delete-sex-identity-from-birth-certificates |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>, and X for a nonbinary or [[intersex]] person (although many intersex people have a [[gender identity]] of binary man/woman). | The standard common gender markers are M for [[male]] and F for [[female]]. Other gender markers (which are not always available) include U for unspecified, O for [[other]], E for [[eunuch]]<ref name="FoggDavis">{{Cite web |title=Let’s delete sex-identity from birth certificates |last=Fogg Davis |first=Heath |work=Aeon |date=31 May 2017 |access-date=8 October 2020 |url= https://aeon.co/ideas/lets-delete-sex-identity-from-birth-certificates |quote=Heath Fogg Davis |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322221604/https://aeon.co/ideas/lets-delete-sex-identity-from-birth-certificates |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>, and X for a nonbinary or [[intersex]] person (although many intersex people have a [[gender identity]] of binary man/woman). | ||