We’re recording for a number of reasons which includes birth of citizenship. There are important demographic reasons for why you need to know what % of your population is male versus female.
For example, policy in China where there are a larger ratio of males would need to be different than in Russia where there is a higher ratio of females.
I don’t really see the issue in all of this. A trans person should be treated as whatever gender they wanna be but they are born one sex or the other. We can’t pretend otherwise, makes no sense.
Sex. Isn’t. Binary. Intersex people exist. They exist. They are real.
I’d agree with you if there were three options: obviously male, obviously female, TBD. That would be more accurate. But to claim there are only two and you know at birth is just ignorant.
You are going through ridiculous leaps and lengths to avoid the obvious simple solution that already exists today. And for what? A strange need for a document to be immutable? Perfection of historical information?
Those seem like tenuous reasons do something that actively takes options from people who value those options.
A strange need for a document to be immutable? Perfection of historical information?
Is it so strange that someone expects an official document about someone’s birth to accurately represent that birth?
But is that what we want? Fuck it, let’s change the past and pretend it’s something that’s a little more pleasant. It’s “for a good reason”. To make someone feel better. Get rid of anything that might cause discomfort while you’re at it. Let’s get rid of slavery - might make people feel uncomfortable. Seems you agree more with DeSantis’s fascist revisionism than you might initially expect.
People deserve to be treated with dignity and respect no matter who they are. But we cannot start playing make believe to protect feelings. A rock is a rock is a rock. If you were born a male then you were born a male end of story.
You can transition after, and people should show you respect and kindness. But forever and for the rest of history you would have been born a male.
It makes me feel so frustrated how this ideology has impregnated the left. We are losing the war against fascism and here we are focusing on absolute absurdities.
Are you claiming birth certificates are not generally accurate? I haven’t personally examined a large number of them - just close family members & girlfriends. Every one I’ve looked at has been accurate.
You can’t be so concerned about accuracy that changing 1 in a thousand is a problem for you, and then use the word ‘generally’. You want ridiculously high precision, or you wouldn’t care if a tiny percentage went back to correct theirs.
The birth certificate doesn’t typically get changed when you change your name. But yeah, I would disagree with both things equally. I don’t think we should change birth certificate at all. I actually think it’s a dangerous thing to start doing.
In most jurisdictions, the birth certificate generally remains unchanged to reflect the original information at the time of birth. Some places allow for an amended birth certificate, which will show the new name but also indicate that the name has been legally changed. I’m fine with changing the sex as long as there is an asterisk next to it.
I don’t see how this is similar to mail in ballots. The attempts by the GOP to lower access to voting is directly unconstitutional and a deliberate attempt at voter suppression. They have said as much - for example for voter id laws a NC congressman GOP member openly said it’s because implementing that law would reduce black voting by like 2% or something from their research. That would help Republicans win elections.
And sure, I’ll give you that they are doing this as a deliberate way to rile up the anti-trans base. However, just because someone does something for wrong reason doesn’t mean what he does is wrong.
What I mean by dangerous is the arbitrary alteration of historical documents. We rely on our documents to be able to accurately represent the past. If we change these, we are essentially “deleting” the past. I mentioned before, DeSantis’s revisionism. What if we got rid of all mentions of slavery in our historical record? No future historian could ever study slavery. It would essentially not have happened.
Now, the reason for doing it may be noble. You want a trans person to feel better about the transition, so you change the name on the birth certificate. But I think that this does not warrant the alteration of historical records. Put a little amendment star on the birth certificate and attach a new document if it needs to be done. This is what many places do. But do not change the original document in such a way that makes it seem they were born a sex they were not.
We’re recording for a number of reasons which includes birth of citizenship. There are important demographic reasons for why you need to know what % of your population is male versus female.
For example, policy in China where there are a larger ratio of males would need to be different than in Russia where there is a higher ratio of females.
I don’t really see the issue in all of this. A trans person should be treated as whatever gender they wanna be but they are born one sex or the other. We can’t pretend otherwise, makes no sense.
Sex. Isn’t. Binary. Intersex people exist. They exist. They are real.
I’d agree with you if there were three options: obviously male, obviously female, TBD. That would be more accurate. But to claim there are only two and you know at birth is just ignorant.
Ok then put TBD on ones you can’t tell at birth. Sure, that makes sense. There are exceptions to everything.
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Around 1in 1,000.
You are going through ridiculous leaps and lengths to avoid the obvious simple solution that already exists today. And for what? A strange need for a document to be immutable? Perfection of historical information?
Those seem like tenuous reasons do something that actively takes options from people who value those options.
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How about this: I’ll enjoy my updated birth certificate, and you can go fuck yourself?
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Maybe I can rip yours up and stuff it in the trash?
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Is it so strange that someone expects an official document about someone’s birth to accurately represent that birth?
But is that what we want? Fuck it, let’s change the past and pretend it’s something that’s a little more pleasant. It’s “for a good reason”. To make someone feel better. Get rid of anything that might cause discomfort while you’re at it. Let’s get rid of slavery - might make people feel uncomfortable. Seems you agree more with DeSantis’s fascist revisionism than you might initially expect.
People deserve to be treated with dignity and respect no matter who they are. But we cannot start playing make believe to protect feelings. A rock is a rock is a rock. If you were born a male then you were born a male end of story.
You can transition after, and people should show you respect and kindness. But forever and for the rest of history you would have been born a male.
It makes me feel so frustrated how this ideology has impregnated the left. We are losing the war against fascism and here we are focusing on absolute absurdities.
Yes this is strange to want accuracy where there is none.
Are you claiming birth certificates are not generally accurate? I haven’t personally examined a large number of them - just close family members & girlfriends. Every one I’ve looked at has been accurate.
You can’t be so concerned about accuracy that changing 1 in a thousand is a problem for you, and then use the word ‘generally’. You want ridiculously high precision, or you wouldn’t care if a tiny percentage went back to correct theirs.
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The birth certificate doesn’t typically get changed when you change your name. But yeah, I would disagree with both things equally. I don’t think we should change birth certificate at all. I actually think it’s a dangerous thing to start doing.
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In most jurisdictions, the birth certificate generally remains unchanged to reflect the original information at the time of birth. Some places allow for an amended birth certificate, which will show the new name but also indicate that the name has been legally changed. I’m fine with changing the sex as long as there is an asterisk next to it.
I don’t see how this is similar to mail in ballots. The attempts by the GOP to lower access to voting is directly unconstitutional and a deliberate attempt at voter suppression. They have said as much - for example for voter id laws a NC congressman GOP member openly said it’s because implementing that law would reduce black voting by like 2% or something from their research. That would help Republicans win elections.
And sure, I’ll give you that they are doing this as a deliberate way to rile up the anti-trans base. However, just because someone does something for wrong reason doesn’t mean what he does is wrong.
What I mean by dangerous is the arbitrary alteration of historical documents. We rely on our documents to be able to accurately represent the past. If we change these, we are essentially “deleting” the past. I mentioned before, DeSantis’s revisionism. What if we got rid of all mentions of slavery in our historical record? No future historian could ever study slavery. It would essentially not have happened.
Now, the reason for doing it may be noble. You want a trans person to feel better about the transition, so you change the name on the birth certificate. But I think that this does not warrant the alteration of historical records. Put a little amendment star on the birth certificate and attach a new document if it needs to be done. This is what many places do. But do not change the original document in such a way that makes it seem they were born a sex they were not.