Passports and driving licences shouldn't state whether you're male or female...to avoid offending transgender people, says former Tory minister

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3381890/Passports-driving-licences-shouldn-t-state-male-female-avoid-offending-transgender-people-says-former-Tory-minister.html

Daily Mail/By Thomas Burrows for MailOnline

Published: 07:27 EST, 2 January 2016  | Updated: 09:50 EST, 2 January 2016

According to evidence submitted to her inquiry, about 600,000 people in Britain - one per cent of the population - are 'gender dysphoric', or uncomfortable with being a man or woman.

"The former culture secretary said she had been deeply moved by personal stories she heard while heading up the inquiry and said transgender discrimination was one of the last remaining forms of prejudice in the UK. "

To frame the argument around not offending us makes us look kind of silly I think.  I do however agree that there is no good reason for listing sex on those documents.  If they need positive ID, biometrics can provide that a whole lot better than an M or F written on paper.


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Some people are neither M or F, some people are both, some people are in between.  The gender binary is a myth anyway.  I would like to see gender markers as merely optional.  I would opt for the "F".