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Color code for each cell in the below tables: | Color code for each cell in the below tables: | ||
* green (#9f9) means it doesn't ask for this information at all. This is ideal | * green (#9f9) means it doesn't ask for this information at all. This is ideal because it doesn't need to be changed, won't make a mismatch with other paperwork, and is no trouble. | ||
* blue (#9ff) means it offers a write-in field. This is good | * blue (#9ff) means it offers a write-in field. This is good because it acknowledges the existence of nonbinary people, but it can make a mismatch with other paperwork. | ||
* yellow (#ffb) means it asks | * yellow (#ffb) means it asks but answering it is optional. For a title, this means it lets you leave it blank. For a gender, this means it lets you leave it blank, or select an option called "none", "prefer not to state", or "unspecified". This doesn't acknowledge the existence of nonbinary people and can make mismatches with other paperwork, but it's better than otherwise. | ||
* purple (#f9d) means it has mandatory selection | * purple (#f9d) means it has a mandatory selection but gives some gender-neutral options, which may even acknowledge the existence of people who are nonbinary or intersex. For a title, this means the available options include not only Dr, but [[Mx]]. For a gender, it acknowledges that there could be other genders than female or male, giving options such as "other" or "intersex". This acknowledges the existence of nonbinary people, which is good, but requires you to be either out or closeted, and can create mismatches with other paperwork, which is trouble. | ||
* red (#f99) is mandatory selection, without gender-neutral options. For a title, the only remotely gender neutral titles it offers are things such as "Dr". For a gender, it only allows only [[female]] or [[male]]. This is the worst | * red (#f99) is mandatory selection, without gender-neutral options. For a title, the only remotely gender neutral titles it offers are things such as "Dr". For a gender, it only allows only [[female]] or [[male]]. This is the worst because it is [[nonbinary erasure]]. Activists need to let the organization know it can be more inclusive. | ||
* white background means we don't have information about this yet, or some other situation (describe) | * white background means we don't have information about this yet, or some other situation (describe) | ||
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Schools of all kinds, as well as other educational resources. | Schools of all kinds, as well as other educational resources. | ||
Note that for [[gender nonconforming]] [[children]] and teens, homeschooling or unschooling is an option. This still involves a lot of paperwork, but it's a life-saving option for youth who have difficulty with fitting in or feeling safe around peers and faculty at school. Homeschooled or drop-out teens can work to pass the General Education Development (GED) test instead of getting a | Note that for [[gender nonconforming]] [[children]] and teens, homeschooling or unschooling is an option. This still involves a lot of paperwork, but it's a life-saving option for youth who have difficulty with fitting in or feeling safe around peers and faculty at school. Homeschooled or drop-out teens can work to pass the General Education Development (GED) test instead of getting a high school diploma. A GED certificate will satisfy all employers and colleges that ask for a high school diploma. | ||
===Colleges and universities=== | ===Colleges and universities=== | ||
In the USA, many colleges use paperwork that | In the USA, many colleges use paperwork that makes problems for transgender people, especially nonbinary people: | ||
<blockquote>"The Common Application, used by hundreds of colleges as their only means to apply, forces you to choose a gender of M or F, and states you must use your [assigned at birth] gender. There is no way around it that doesn’t threaten the validity of your entire application. If you feel you can’t apply to college using your [assigned at birth] gender, then there are some very good colleges that don’t use the Common App, where you can apply without being forced to choose a binary gender designation. While Shimer College in Chicago is the ONLY school I have found that allows you to state your gender on the application [...] other colleges at least give you the ability to opt out of choosing M or F. [...] Even if a college doesn’t give you an opportunity to designate your gender [identity] in their supplemental questions, you can still do so in your essay, or in the 'additional comments' section of the Common App." - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iXcTiWKvTVfIYDx0ciZnZI5Bw5R_hfCdfTZKJPHpeHI/edit?pli=1 Applying to College as a Non Binary Trans Person]<ref name="College">[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iXcTiWKvTVfIYDx0ciZnZI5Bw5R_hfCdfTZKJPHpeHI/edit?pli=1 Applying to College as a Non Binary Trans Person]</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>"The Common Application, used by hundreds of colleges as their only means to apply, forces you to choose a gender of M or F, and states you must use your [assigned at birth] gender. There is no way around it that doesn’t threaten the validity of your entire application. If you feel you can’t apply to college using your [assigned at birth] gender, then there are some very good colleges that don’t use the Common App, where you can apply without being forced to choose a binary gender designation. While Shimer College in Chicago is the ONLY school I have found that allows you to state your gender on the application [...] other colleges at least give you the ability to opt out of choosing M or F. [...] Even if a college doesn’t give you an opportunity to designate your gender [identity] in their supplemental questions, you can still do so in your essay, or in the 'additional comments' section of the Common App." - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iXcTiWKvTVfIYDx0ciZnZI5Bw5R_hfCdfTZKJPHpeHI/edit?pli=1 Applying to College as a Non Binary Trans Person]<ref name="College">[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iXcTiWKvTVfIYDx0ciZnZI5Bw5R_hfCdfTZKJPHpeHI/edit?pli=1 Applying to College as a Non Binary Trans Person]</ref></blockquote> | ||
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| University of Oregon (Eugene, OR) | | University of Oregon (Eugene, OR) | ||
| style="background-color:#ffb;"| Can choose "unspecified"<ref name="College" /> | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Can choose "unspecified"<ref name="College" /> | ||
| Works to be trans inclusive by introducing trans friendly policies before they're asked for. Rec | | Works to be trans inclusive by introducing trans friendly policies before they're asked for. Rec centre has gender-inclusive locker rooms. Most buildings have gender-inclusive bathrooms.<ref name="Beemyn2012" /> Allows gender-neutral housing.<ref name="College" /> | ||
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| University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA) | | University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA) | ||
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===Private employment agencies=== | ===Private employment agencies=== | ||
Public employment agencies (the Department of Labor, the "unemployment agency") would be not in this section, but in the section for state government and federal government. | Public employment agencies (the Department of Labor, the "unemployment agency") would be not in this section, but in the section for state government and the federal government. | ||
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[[File:Requirements for altering birth certificate sex in the US.svg|right|250px|thumb|Legal requirements each state has for altering the sex on one's birth certificate. | [[File:Requirements for altering birth certificate sex in the US.svg|right|250px|thumb|Legal requirements each state has for altering the sex on one's birth certificate. | ||
Lavender: State does not require SRS to alter sex on birth certificate | Lavender: State does not require SRS to alter sex on the birth certificate | ||
Green: Altering sex on birth certificate requires SRS | Green: Altering sex on birth certificate requires SRS | ||
Red: State does not alter sex on birth certificates for transsexuals]] | Red: State does not alter sex on birth certificates for transsexuals]] | ||
[[File:Birth certificate sex altering regulations in the US.svg|right|250px|thumb|The procedure each state uses to alter the sex on one's birth certificate. | [[File:Birth certificate sex altering regulations in the US.svg|right|250px|thumb|The procedure each state uses to alter the sex on one's birth certificate. | ||
Blue: New birth certificate is issued with correct sex designation | Blue: New birth certificate is issued with the correct sex designation | ||
Lavender: Old birth certificate is amended to correct sex designation | Lavender: Old birth certificate is amended to correct sex designation | ||
Red: State does not alter sex on birth certificates for transsexual people]] | Red: State does not alter sex on birth certificates for transsexual people]] | ||
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| Colorado | | Colorado | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only. "The legal team at the Intersex & Genderqueer Recognition Project assisted with challenges by an intersex resident of Colorado who was denied a non-binary drivers license. A discrimination charge was made to the Colorado Civil Rights Commission. The applicant lost their case. | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only. "The legal team at the Intersex & Genderqueer Recognition Project assisted with challenges by an intersex resident of Colorado who was denied a non-binary drivers license. A discrimination charge was made to the Colorado Civil Rights Commission. The applicant lost their case. The litigation team is regrouping and looking into alternate strategies."<ref name="Litigation" /> | ||
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| Oregon | | Oregon | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only. In June 2016, the Oregon DMV said they can't issue a nonbinary driver's license, even to Jamie Shupe, who is legally nonbinary.<ref>Gordon Friedman, "Ore. DMV says it can't issue license to nonbinary person." ''Statesman Journal.'' June 22, 2016. [http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/21/ore-dmv-says-cant-issue-license-nonbinary-person/86183112/http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/21/ore-dmv-says-cant-issue-license-nonbinary-person/86183112/]</ref> | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only. In June 2016, the Oregon DMV said they can't issue a nonbinary driver's license, even to Jamie Shupe, who is legally nonbinary.<ref>Gordon Friedman, "Ore. DMV says it can't issue a license to nonbinary person." ''Statesman Journal.'' June 22, 2016. [http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/21/ore-dmv-says-cant-issue-license-nonbinary-person/86183112/http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/21/ore-dmv-says-cant-issue-license-nonbinary-person/86183112/]</ref> | ||
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===Voting=== | ===Voting=== | ||
Transgender disenfranchisement is the practice of creating or upholding barriers that keep transgender people from voting. One way this happens is by requiring that people need to show ID in order to vote. That makes problems for transgender people who have mismatches on the gender markers on their ID. For nonbinary people in particular, they may be limited to forms of ID that don't show a gender marker, such as Social Security cards (which some states don't accept as ID) or military retiree ID cards (which some people don't have and perhaps can't get). Some states let people prove their identity by showing a utility bill, which doesn't show gender, assuming the bill doesn't address the customer by a gendered title. See [[Wikipedia:Transgender disenfranchisement in the United States]] for more about this transgender rights issue. | Transgender disenfranchisement is the practice of creating or upholding barriers that keep transgender people from voting. One way this happens is by requiring that people need to show ID in order to vote. That makes problems for transgender people who have mismatches on the gender markers on their ID. For nonbinary people, in particular, they may be limited to forms of ID that don't show a gender marker, such as Social Security cards (which some states don't accept as ID) or military retiree ID cards (which some people don't have and perhaps can't get). Some states let people prove their identity by showing a utility bill, which doesn't show gender, assuming the bill doesn't address the customer by a gendered title. See [[Wikipedia:Transgender disenfranchisement in the United States]] for more about this transgender rights issue. | ||
==Housing== | ==Housing== | ||
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Many medical records use M or F markers and contain all aliases, and even in trans-centric places like the Lyon-Martin Clinic, paperwork is labeled by legal gender marker and a (T) for transgender when applicable. These markers and names often print on medical ID bracelets, including emergency rooms, hospitals, and in-patient psychiatric wards. At least one hospital, Sutter General in West Oakland, is willing to prevent deadnames from printing to ID bracelets upon formal request through the patient complaint customer service phone line; however, it was not willing to remove the gender marker. | Many medical records use M or F markers and contain all aliases, and even in trans-centric places like the Lyon-Martin Clinic, paperwork is labeled by legal gender marker and a (T) for transgender when applicable. These markers and names often print on medical ID bracelets, including emergency rooms, hospitals, and in-patient psychiatric wards. At least one hospital, Sutter General in West Oakland, is willing to prevent deadnames from printing to ID bracelets upon formal request through the patient complaint customer service phone line; however, it was not willing to remove the gender marker. | ||
Additionally, even without medical records, ambulances and hospitals tend to pick a gender marker based | Additionally, even without medical records, ambulances and hospitals tend to pick a gender marker based on how they interpret a person to look, without asking. And even in emergency rooms with a fill-in-the-blank option for gender, staff and records tend to completely ignore this altogether. | ||
==Shopping== | ==Shopping== | ||