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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 }}</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>
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>


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>
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>


==See also==
==See also==
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