Gender markers
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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".
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]
Some transgender and nonbinary activists hold the view that gender markers are unnecessary and should be done away with.[1][3]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fogg Davis, Heath (31 May 2017). "Let's delete sex-identity from birth certificates". Aeon. 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. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ↑ Ghoshal, Neela; Knight, Kyle (8 July 2020). "Netherlands Sees No Role for Gender Marker on ID Documents". Human Rights Watch. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
