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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", but depending on the applicable laws the marker might be able to be changed without the person having surgically changed their sexual organs. | ||
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 }}</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). | ||
Even when a U, O, or X option is available, not all nonbinary people will be comfortable selecting it.<ref name="Muth">{{Cite web |title=Why I Marked "F" as the Gender on My License Even Though I'm Nonbinary |last=Muth |first=Laura |work=Allure |date=21 December 2018 |access-date=8 October 2020 |url= https://www.allure.com/story/nonbinary-gender-identity-drivers-license}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |user=nerdychocobo|number=1283331829697740805 |date=15 July 2020|title=I don't think I'd even want an X on my ID lol, id want like... A new F... An F2. Like we don't all want gender neutral is what I'm saying. It just makes a trinary}}</ref> | Even when a U, O, or X option is available, not all nonbinary people will be comfortable selecting it.<ref name="Muth">{{Cite web |title=Why I Marked "F" as the Gender on My License Even Though I'm Nonbinary |last=Muth |first=Laura |work=Allure |date=21 December 2018 |access-date=8 October 2020 |url= https://www.allure.com/story/nonbinary-gender-identity-drivers-license|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627182828/https://www.allure.com/story/nonbinary-gender-identity-drivers-license |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |user=nerdychocobo|number=1283331829697740805 |date=15 July 2020|title=I don't think I'd even want an X on my ID lol, id want like... A new F... An F2. Like we don't all want gender neutral is what I'm saying. It just makes a trinary}}</ref> | ||
Some transgender and nonbinary [[activism|activists]] hold the view that gender markers are unnecessary and should be done away with.<ref name="FoggDavis" /><ref name="GhoshalKnight">{{Cite web |title=Netherlands Sees No Role for Gender Marker on ID Documents |author1=Ghoshal, Neela |author2=Knight, Kyle |work=Human Rights Watch |date=8 July 2020 |access-date=8 October 2020 |url= https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/07/08/netherlands-sees-no-role-gender-marker-id-documents }}</ref><ref name="SRLP">{{Cite web |title=SRLP Statement on the Passing of GENDA |author= |work=Sylvia Rivera Law Project |date=25 January 2019 |access-date=30 October 2020 |url= https://srlp.org/genda-2/}}</ref> | Some transgender and nonbinary [[activism|activists]] hold the view that gender markers are unnecessary and should be done away with.<ref name="FoggDavis" /><ref name="GhoshalKnight">{{Cite web |title=Netherlands Sees No Role for Gender Marker on ID Documents |author1=Ghoshal, Neela |author2=Knight, Kyle |work=Human Rights Watch |date=8 July 2020 |access-date=8 October 2020 |url= https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/07/08/netherlands-sees-no-role-gender-marker-id-documents |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321153437/https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/07/08/netherlands-sees-no-role-gender-marker-id-documents |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="SRLP">{{Cite web |title=SRLP Statement on the Passing of GENDA |author= |work=Sylvia Rivera Law Project |date=25 January 2019 |access-date=30 October 2020 |url= https://srlp.org/genda-2/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610205915/https://srlp.org/genda-2/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | ||
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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", but depending on the applicable laws the marker might be able to be changed without the person having surgically changed their sexual organs.
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[1], and X for a nonbinary or intersex person (although many intersex people have a gender identity of binary man/woman).
Even when a U, O, or X option is available, not all nonbinary people will be comfortable selecting it.[2][3]
Some transgender and nonbinary activists hold the view that gender markers are unnecessary and should be done away with.[1][4][5]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fogg Davis, Heath (31 May 2017). "Let's delete sex-identity from birth certificates". Aeon. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
Heath Fogg Davis
- ↑ Muth, Laura (21 December 2018). "Why I Marked "F" as the Gender on My License Even Though I'm Nonbinary". Allure. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ↑ @nerdychocobo (15 July 2020). "I don't think I'd even want an X on my ID lol, id want like... A new F... An F2. Like we don't all want gender neutral is what I'm saying. It just makes a trinary" – via Twitter.
- ↑ Ghoshal, Neela; Knight, Kyle (8 July 2020). "Netherlands Sees No Role for Gender Marker on ID Documents". Human Rights Watch. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ↑ "SRLP Statement on the Passing of GENDA". Sylvia Rivera Law Project. 25 January 2019. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2020.