Community Conversation => Non-binary talk => Topic started by: metal angel on August 06, 2009, 07:45:17 AM Return to Full Version
Title: tax time
Post by: metal angel on August 06, 2009, 07:45:17 AM
Post by: metal angel on August 06, 2009, 07:45:17 AM
There's something that has alwayse bugged me, that little M/F check-box on so many forms. Every year at tax time (or when filling out most paperwork) i winge something chronic about it, and no one else sees my point. It goes something along the lines of "How is it any of their (string of obscenties) business! what on earth do my (genitals/chromosones/internal organs) have to do with my(tax/bank-account/e-mail-account/warraty on my new printer)"... it annoys me, i have a very distinctively genderred body, so anyone who meets me can probably tell my gender, but i think it's something only my partner and doctor need to know, i shouldn't have to tell anyone else, i don't think it should be relevant to anyone else.
I guess if it was somewhere deep on the paper work near something relevant, like if my work want to know whether i'm likely to want maternity leave, or are doing a survey to find out whether they need more male or female bathrooms, but why does it have to be right at the top of the form next to name? why does it have to be such a huge part of identity?
I guess if it was somewhere deep on the paper work near something relevant, like if my work want to know whether i'm likely to want maternity leave, or are doing a survey to find out whether they need more male or female bathrooms, but why does it have to be right at the top of the form next to name? why does it have to be such a huge part of identity?
Title: Re: tax time
Post by: Janet_Girl on August 06, 2009, 10:17:31 AM
Post by: Janet_Girl on August 06, 2009, 10:17:31 AM
Many times it is just for statistical purposes. Such as how many women are buying this particular vacuum. That kind of thing. With work or legal stuff, it is the same thing, but you records must match. Example: if you apply for a job, you taxes forms must match the SSA records. Which means that you will have to out yourself if you are pre-op.
Janet
Janet
Title: Re: tax time
Post by: Shana A on August 06, 2009, 11:32:24 AM
Post by: Shana A on August 06, 2009, 11:32:24 AM
Quote from: metal angel on August 06, 2009, 07:45:17 AM
"How is it any of their (string of obscenties) business! what on earth do my (genitals/chromosones/internal organs) have to do with my(tax/bank-account/e-mail-account/warraty on my new printer)"... it annoys me
It annoys me too! I don't see any relevance whatsoever of my birth sex to my ability to pay my taxes, write my representatives or subscribe to an online forum....
Z
Title: Re: tax time
Post by: Nicky on August 06, 2009, 03:58:52 PM
Post by: Nicky on August 06, 2009, 03:58:52 PM
Perhaps you could just tick both boxes?