sjpllyon t1_irwrv4v wrote on October 11, 2022 at 4:54 PM

Reply to comment by VFequalsVeryFcked in New York residents who don't want to choose a gender can now choose "X" as a gender marker on a New York State license by maxcrazy

I would think it's for when/if that individual is being taken to jail, searched, or taken to prison they can be dealt with by the appropriate gender. Example being I would not liked to be searched in any form by the opposite sex than myself. Not would I like to go to a prison with the opposite sex.

VFequalsVeryFcked t1_irwsxo1 wrote on October 11, 2022 at 5:01 PM

In the UK you get asked for these details when you're being processed. If you identify as another gender you're asked which gender of officer you'd rather perform the search.

If you get sent to prison then your barrister petitions the judge to send you to a prison for that gender and you go through that process. I would hope that if I ever got arrested in the US (unlikely) that I'd be offered the same as I would be offered in the UK. Rather than just using details off a license.

A license is just proof of ID, not of gender. A way to prove that your details are yours. It seems ridiculous that you have to prove your gender

sjpllyon t1_irwy1w8 wrote on October 11, 2022 at 5:33 PM

Valid points. But I will add this, maybe it's so the officer at the scene is able to identify quickly if a different gendered officer is required or even how to refer to them.

But honestly, I have no idea. I'm just trying to think of reasons on why it was put on them in the first place.

jgoble15 t1_irxooff wrote on October 11, 2022 at 8:23 PM

I think part of it is also for emergency services. Might be a bit outdated now, but if a bad wreck happens they can use your license for identification to notify family and also have some basic health info. This is why I think they ask for sex, not gender, on the card

Khaldara t1_irxqnay wrote on October 11, 2022 at 8:36 PM

Could just be one of those bureaucratic snowball effects too. “You must have a valid state drivers license to qualify for <some other document/service>. That document requires a sex declaration, that declaration must match another verified document, like your license, so now we just made it standard on all identification paperwork” or some other bean counting nonsense

alexjaness t1_irxtaul wrote on October 11, 2022 at 8:53 PM

yes, so when the officer is tasering them and planting drugs on them they know their preferred pronoun.

(how did you know I'm American...is it the poor grammar and spelling?)

Vita-Malz t1_irxuzvh wrote on October 11, 2022 at 9:04 PM

Your sex is not your gender.