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[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

My (cis female) birth certificate erroneously was filled out with “male”. Same error happened on the birth certificate of my mother (who is also cis female).

Do they use drunkards to fill out important registration forms in the US?

[-] Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 week ago

There's something like thirty boxes of information on the thing, and all the others are correct. I suspect whoever was typing it (on a typewriter - this was pre-computers) had several in a row that really were male babies and just got that stuck in their head.

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

How difficult is it to correct an obviously wrong record in the US?

[-] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago

Depends on how braindead the clerk is.

[-] Taldan@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

When you're doing it matters a lot too. It was much easier before, but now that gender is a huge political football the process has been mucked up

[-] 5too@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Used to not be a problem. But people transitioning use the same process to amend their records, so now there's roadblocks.

They actually sent the school an amended certificate, and a doctor's note explaining everything. The school just isn't satisfied.

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