Beaver@lemmy.ca to transgender@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agoFederal appeals court says there is no fundamental right to change one's sex on a birth certificateabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up158arrow-down13
arrow-up155arrow-down1external-linkFederal appeals court says there is no fundamental right to change one's sex on a birth certificateabcnews.go.comBeaver@lemmy.ca to transgender@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squareTywèle [she|her]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·4 months agoThat’s so weird. Here in Germany I don’t even think about my birth certificate because I’ve never used it for anything. I don’t think I’ve ever even seen it.
minus-squareCrashumbc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 months agoThe US is extremely weird, because of a phobia of the government tracking them. So there is no national ID like most modern countries… So you end up with these work arounds like using the birth certificate to identify yourself. It’s a really shit system.
minus-squareMentando@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoThere are processes where it is required. E.g. when you become a parent. However, I think it is allowed to change the gender since 2019.
That’s so weird. Here in Germany I don’t even think about my birth certificate because I’ve never used it for anything. I don’t think I’ve ever even seen it.
The US is extremely weird, because of a phobia of the government tracking them. So there is no national ID like most modern countries…
So you end up with these work arounds like using the birth certificate to identify yourself. It’s a really shit system.
There are processes where it is required. E.g. when you become a parent.
However, I think it is allowed to change the gender since 2019.