Gender Identity & Justice for Transgender People

[stephaniec]

Gender Identity & Justice for Transgender People

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/new-york-legal-assistance-group/gender-indentity--justice_b_8039082.html?utm_hp_ref=transgender

The Huffington Post/New York Legal Assistance Group /Posted:  08/25/2015 2:24 pm EDT    Updated:  08/25/2015 6:59 pm EDT

"The first identity document most of us get is a birth certificate. At birth, the doctor looks at the external genitalia and labels a newborn male or female. This cursory survey controls whether an M or an F goes on the birth certificate. But really, we learn the baby's sex later. All human beings have a core knowledge of their own gender, also known as their gender identity."