Transgendered Folks Encountering Document/Database ID Hassles

An anonymous reader writes "Most of us hear the equivalent of 'let me bring up your record' several times a week or month when dealing with businesses and government agencies; sometimes there's a problem, but clerks are accustomed to dealing with changes in street address, phone numbers, company affiliation, and even personal names (after marriage). But what about gender? Transgendered folks are encountering embarrassing moments when they have to explain that their gender has changed from 'M' to 'F' or vice versa. While there are many issues involved in discrimination against transgendered individuals, I have to confess that the first thing that came to my mind was the impact on database design and maintenance."

Re:Genetically speaking...

[Anonymous Coward]

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Re:Genetically speaking...

[pesho]

Jealous?

Re:Genetically speaking...

[dywolf]

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Re:Do not understand this.

[MightyYar]

She's not staring, she's squinting ;p

Re:Genetically speaking...

[Ceriel Nosforit]

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Says the guy who got fired from Intel.

Read: Not good enough.

Re:Do not understand this.

[ganjadude]

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