RoastedRhino t1_is0cwb1 wrote on October 12, 2022 at 11:47 AM

Reply to comment by Xeludon 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

OK, but would a doctor/ER decide based on an ID? Which in some cases would list the gender, in some cases the biological sex?

If medical reasons matter, then allergies should be there before biological sex, and in any case the medical data should not be there to be inspected by anybody that handles ID.

Of all things, biological sex seems something that a doctor can ask or (if the patient cannot respond) verify by other means.

From what I know, they don't even trust your blood type indication and test you anyway (and provide you with universal donor blood in the meanwhile).

Xeludon t1_is0dxt6 wrote on October 12, 2022 at 11:57 AM

In an emergency situation, with an unconscious patient who is close to death, what do you think is easier; confirming by I.D. or getting permission to go through private medical records, then sorting through them on a computer until you find the sex of the patient?

RoastedRhino t1_is0i9nx wrote on October 12, 2022 at 12:38 PM

In an emergency situation close to death? You look at the person and you take the best educated guess of whether they are biologically male or female. Do you think they look at their driving license?

Xeludon t1_is0jl1l wrote on October 12, 2022 at 12:49 PM

There's many, many emergency responders in this thread who are all saying they do, and a quick Google search will show you that they do if they need to.

If you have a very butch or very effeminate person and you can't tell, do you think taking a guess is appropriate?

Guessing in an emergency situation gets people killed.