Third Gender Option Introduced by Germany for Birth Certificates

The Christian Post ^ | 8/22/13 | Katherine Weber

[SoFloFreeper]

Germany will permit parents to select a "third gender" on birth certificates for their children, should the child want to identify with a certain gender in the future. Germany is the first country in Europe to pass this type of legislation.

The new law, which is to take effect throughout the country in November, will allow a child born with both male and female physical attributes, also known as a transsexual or hermaphrodite, to pick the option of "gender blank" on their birth certificate so they may choose a "male" or "female" gender later in life. The child may also choose to keep the third gender option forever.

[Freelance Warrior]

Which is made more confusing by either a girl (das Mädchen) or young woman (das Fräulein).

Interesting.

[Pearls Before Swine]

The story says the child chooses. How can an infant child choose?

The choice is deferred. I don't know to what age.

[tekcomputers]

Genes don’t lie, but sometimes their answers are ambiguous.

[tekcomputers]

What others are there?
Well, there is XY with malfunctioning SRY gene on Y
There is XY with malfunctioning AR gene on X
There is XXY

And last of all there is F.... which is your grade in human biology.