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Vicky Harp

@vickyharp.com

Listen, and this is a real question: why do we indicate gender on driver's licenses anyway?

27/2/26, 7:03 pm1 repost14 likes

Eugene Meidinger

@sqlgene.com

27 Feb

Not being pedantic here: my driver's license has my biological sex, height, and eye color. I presume to aid in identification since the image isn't great. That's always been my assumption.

Eugene Meidinger

@sqlgene.com

27 Feb

Presumably sex would only matter for identifying folks who look androgynous on their photos but not in person? Not sure.

Dr. Darrell C.

@drdarrell-c.bsky.social

27 Feb

Some names are both, to better define people. The code is not the problem. Republicans are the problem.

Vicky Harp

@vickyharp.com

27 Feb

My gender is on my passport and my driver's license, but it is not necessary for the transactions they are designed to deal with. My gender is not on my social security card, my credit cards, my gym membership card, or my student IDs when I had those. It's not even on my health insurance card.