U.S. laws struggle to keep up with gender advances

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U.S. laws struggle to keep up with gender advances

http://www.endocrinetoday.com/view.aspx?rid=29460
7/10/2008

From children born with DSDs to transgender adults, the legal issues
confronting certain groups can be challenging.


Whether renewing a driver's license, applying for a credit card or
even getting married, there is always a space on the form to specify
one's gender. Generally speaking, we are only given two options: male
or female. In recent years, however, the medical community has moved
toward thinking of gender as more of a continuum than a stark
dichotomy, with numerous children born with various disorders of sex
development and increasing numbers of transgender adults.