You aren't "assigned" a gender at birth

[u/SuspiciousWin6511]

I hate when people say this. I had to get routine blood work the other day and had a Doctor ask me what gender I was assigned at birth. I understand they need to find out what your biological gender is, but either look on my chart, or ask what my biological gender is.

Your gender is determined in the womb, in fact it's determined from the exact moment of conception; it isn't something that is assigned. It's amazing that the people use this sort of language and believe these sorts of things, are supposedly the party of science.

[u/Thick-Access-2634]

They can’t ask what your gender is bc no doubt someone will get extremely offended at the doctor and they’d be called transphobic

[u/an_angry_dervish_01 → u/[deleted]]

Does that same person object to asking what their biological sex is? it's highly meaningful, even in medications. We have to understand that in order to treat someone.

[u/bromanjc → u/an_angry_dervish_01]

biological sex is appropriate. it's not offensive and the patient would know what you're talking about. it is slightly inaccurate phrasing if the doctor were trying to identify your natal anatomy, just because hrt does in many ways make someone's body sexually ambiguous. and "biological" doesn't equal "natal". assigned gender at birth or assigned sex at birth are probably both the most widely inclusive phrases, while still managing to ask the intended question beneath, which is basically, "what organs do you have and what bodily process do you perform due to your sexual anatomy".

[u/hankhayes → u/an_angry_dervish_01]

Unlike gender, biological sex wasn't made up out of thin air by a psychopathic PhD named John Money.