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Has anyone tried identifying as another thing?

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namechange1487 · 03/02/2023 16:25

Bear with my thinking here.

If current thinking is that a birth certificate can be altered to change sex, then has any other challenges been considered?

I've genuinely had a hard but reasonably successful life. Been a bloody slog though. I genuinely feel older than my 50 odd years. I really really do feel and believe that.

So could I ask to be considered to be 67 and get my pension and retire?

I'm knackered.

I'm being absolutely genuine here. If there is a precedent to change 'facts' due to feelings then I want this.

Has this ever been approached? Or looked at?

If ever women need a campaign I think this could be one.

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RoseslnTheHospital · 03/02/2023 18:24

www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46425774.amp

Here's the Dutch guy who wanted to officially change his age.

RoseslnTheHospital · 03/02/2023 18:22

There was a chap, I think in The Netherlands or somewhere in that area, who went to court to try to get his age officially changed as he didn't identify with his chronological age. I'll see if I can find an article.

Also, there are those that engage in "age play" identities, like the delightful Steffonknee whose surname I forget. He's a middle age man who "lives as a 6 year old girl" in his opinion. His pornified sexualised ick idea of what that means of course.

You may need eye bleach if you search for info on him.

RogersOrganismicProcess · 03/02/2023 18:21

I would like to identify as someone with an additional pair of hands, or an extra bloody minute in the day. Run ragged I am! Run bloody ragged!

mrscumberbatch11 · 03/02/2023 18:14

TheSpellingGame · 03/02/2023 17:04

I always think of that woman in the US who identified as black who was ostracised when it was revealed she was white.

She was ahead of her time.

amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/13/rachel-dolezal-i-wasnt-identifying-as-black-to-upset-people-i-was-being-me

Yes, I think of her often.

If black people can be offended by that (and rightly so), why can't women be offended by men identifying as women?

I genuinely don't understand.

FOJN · 03/02/2023 17:10

I think it's an excellent question.

Establishing a principle, in law, that you can change legal documents which simply records the facts of an event is a really stupid thing to do.

If you can claim to be something you are not then why shouldn't you be able to claim state pension in your 50's? I would like to see a politician answer this.

TheSpellingGame · 03/02/2023 17:04

I always think of that woman in the US who identified as black who was ostracised when it was revealed she was white.

She was ahead of her time.

amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/13/rachel-dolezal-i-wasnt-identifying-as-black-to-upset-people-i-was-being-me

SirChenjins · 03/02/2023 16:57

I’ve tried to identify as 5’ 10” but the high shelves remain out of reach. I can’t think why 🤷‍♀️

NicolaSturgeonsSOGIbottom · 03/02/2023 16:55

I’d like to erase my biological father from my birth certificate.

Rather than leaving it blank, I may as well pick myself a new dad.

But I can’t quite decide between Nigel Havers and John Nettles.

OneMorePlant · 03/02/2023 16:50

I identify as an apache attack helicopter.

Yes it's an old meme joke, but just as day 1 it still is amazing at dismantling the entire gender thing.

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