"I wouldn't know, other than birth certificate. How does yours define it?"
You might want to find out. States differ. If yours does it by birth certificate, it most likely uses external genitalia to decide. Mine does it by genes -- Ticked off a couple of legislators royally when a normal woman and a transgender married recently, but it was all perfectly legal.
Meanwhile, did you know that the gender on birth certificates can be changed? Muddies up that neat dichotomy a bit for you, no?
What do you think the basis SHOULD be, if it's such a neat dichotomy?
Mine does it by genes -- Ticked off a couple of legislators royally when a normal woman and a transgender married recently, but it was all perfectly legal. Are you saying the transgender was a woman who was genetically a man?
Meanwhile, did you know that the gender on birth certificates can be changed? Muddies up that neat dichotomy a bit for you, no?
You mean if someone changes there external genitalia they can change their sex on their birth certificate?
What do you think the basis SHOULD be, if it's such a neat dichotomy?
I would guess genetic aberrations of gender (which, by definition, does not count people who believe their gender is wrong) are statistically insignificant.