New Third Gender Option Is Now Available on Washington State Birth Certificates

TheStranger.com ^ | Jan. 4, 2018 | Nathalie Graham

[Lurkinanloomin]

The “X” casts a wide umbrella of non-binary options that would alleviate confusion
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The only confused people are the ones who reject their own biological reality.

[Lurkinanloomin]

[LeoTDB69]

Name:

Sex: M( ) F( ) X( )

(Can’t wait to see what lawsuits this will bring about)

[Dagnabitt]

The WA birth certificate lists “sex” not “gender”. So the state is including a third biological sex, not a third gender.

So the State is going beyond just making up a social policy along the lines of “gender isn’t sex”. This is the State making up fake facts about the biological sex of someone.

[Seeing More Clearly Now]

Aside from the utter insanity of this fruitcake development, the practice of being able to go in a change one’s birth certificate is flipping the finger to the importance of the information on the birth certificate. It is an official record of what you were at birth, as shared by the medical staff and the parents. To be able to amend what it says on something so fundamental throws the reliability of the birth certificate into chaos. If a mistake was made in an initial or a parent’s name, an addendum is petitioned and added. The original does not go away.

[Louis Foxwell]

Birth certificates are created upon a birth. Who, precisely, is designating babies “X?” The head of the National Board of Pediatrics claims this is a criminal act.

[C210N]

NIT FAIR!

I want to be a Y.

[exDemMom]

The law should be backed by science:

Those who have XX chromosomes should select “female.”

Those who have XY chromosomes should select “male.”

Those who lack sex chromosomes should select “X.”

[Seeing More Clearly Now]

and the original SHOULD not go away. How will the X people’s birth records help in identifying the body, should things come to that end. We know already that some kooky parents will use X for their newborns, so as not to “stifle” their “self-expression.”

[Vlad The Inhaler]

SEXUAL PREFERENCE

Check All That Apply:

- Male

- Female

- Convertible

- Hermaphrodite

- Not Certain Yet

- Small Farm Animals

- At Least Once Daily

- Currently In Transition - Outcome Unsure

[GCFADG]

Only three?

[Salvation]

Warped minds in my opinion.

God created them male and female!

[Michael.SF.]

Instead of an X it should be:

?

[digger48]

Ought to make police ABPs more interesting. “Be on lookout for 5’8” 250 pound X”

And if cop should happen to refer to them as other than what the perp wants to be called, there will be the lawsuit

[pfflier]

At birth who is going to have a gender identity issue besides the true but very rare hermaphrodite (less than 200K total documented in US)?

This law is designed solely to let someone go back and change their gender whenever it suits them.

[M Kehoe]

Can one be a “Shape shifter,” and assume multiple genders at their whim?

If so, they are an attorney’s gold mine.

5.56mm

[jonrick46]

Since gender determines the auto insurance rates, when on opts for gender X, rates will automatically go up if you were born a female.

[Steve_Seattle]

"The “X” casts a wide umbrella of non-binary options that would alleviate confusion and create a more understanding atmosphere . . . "

Alleviate confusion? That's pretty funny.

[Steve_Seattle]

"It is an official record of what you were at birth, as shared by the medical staff and the parents. To be able to amend what it says on something so fundamental throws the reliability of the birth certificate into chaos."

You make an excellent point. Demographics are important, and if we don't know how many males and females there are, we are vulnerable to all sorts of social problems and confusions.