So for a trans person on hormones but without updated id markers they would die?
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yukichigai@kbin.earth 2 weeks agoIt's medically relevant information. If you're incapacitated, this could be vital information to whoever treats you.
This one is overlooked and can be literally a matter of life and death. Certain medications react differently based on hormone levels for example, so even if someone was born male if they have a nominally female balance of hormones they need to be treated (medically) as female.
Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
yukichigai@kbin.earth 2 weeks ago
If memory serves one of the affected medications is used to treat some kinds of heart attacks, so possibly literally yes, especially if they're pre-op.
bookmeat@fedinsfw.app 2 weeks ago
That’s not relevant for justifying legal sex or gender.