re: California has fallen further: now recognizes third gender, on birth certificates 2019

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I'm sure some parents out there will mark non-binary or whatever at birth but I imagine this 3rd option will come into play for people who down the line as adults want to amend the birth certificate. I think it's bonkers, but I imagine that's what they had in mind when they drafted this.

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That and rare cases where children are born hermaphrodites or with abnormal chromosomes. I think doctors have been growing more reluctant to perform corrective surgeries on these newborns as sometimes they pick the wrong assignment. This would make it easier to defer to adulthood, although I bet the corrective surgery is more complicated by then.