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[-] RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago

I don't understand why it's the school asking for this and not whoever updated the birth certificate? How did school administrators become the judges of who is a boy or girl?

[-] Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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). It's never caused either of us any problems. Schools enrolled us as female, driver's licenses say female, etc.

When I was in college in the early 2000s, my dad's mother helped me get a copy of my birth certificate, and was horrified her beautiful granddaughter was listed as male. She called up the county clerk and raised Cain, and then informed me it had been corrected. I've never needed to get a fresh copy since then, so I don't know for sure, but it sounded like the word of an angry old lady was enough to get an update filed.

[-] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 7 points 1 month ago

Angry old ladies are the single scariest force on the planet.

Because if you make one angry, then you have to answer to all of their friends, family, caretakers, religious leaders, and bingo dealers.

[-] joel_feila@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

republican laws often give the final say to the loudest karen and the cost onto the schools.

[-] Manjushri@piefed.social 9 points 1 month ago

Because their the ones who will be prosecuted under the law if they allow a kid to play on the wrong team.

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