@OldCrone
Death certificates have sex on. Most people won’t want their wife’s death certificate to say ‘male’ or their husband’s to say ‘female’.
This seems to be a poor reason to force the whole world to accept someone as the opposite sex. A death certificate is an administrative document which allows the person's heirs to arrange a funeral and deal with probate. Nobody is going to pay much attention to whether it says 'male' or 'female' on it.
I agree.
Also, when you die it is those who are still living whose feelings deserve most respect and compassion. It does not matter to you - you are not there and not affected.
If family and/or friends want to respect the deceased wishes to be remembered as “Nicky” (Nicola) rather than “Nicky” (Nicolas) or vice versa - Nicky is out of the picture.
It might or might not be a delicate or fraught situation, it might be completely uncontroversial for all concerned.
What should be respected for future generations is an accurate historical record. Another problem with fake birth certificates is that they are misleading even beyond the lifespan of the holder.
If there are sex-specific medical conditions in the family history then obscuring these through falsified records could have an impact on future generations and there is no need for this nonsense.
Nobody cares if Uncle thinks he is Auntie or vice versa. If recognition of that cross-sex identity is so important then let it be marked more appropriately and without shame or stigma as a cross-sex identity. Rather than pretending a male is female or vice versa.
OK there are countries where this might be a problem if you travelled to them. Women have to accommodate cultural restrictions anyway, hiding arms, legs, hair to avoid being attacked or harassed.
There are so many specious excuses for a special exception having to be made for circumstances when others, usually women, have to accept compromises. Sometimes on pain of death.
Gender expression is mutable but sex is sacrosanct. It is horribly regressive to suggest assigning anyone to the opposite sex or a “third sex” for any reason, including the completely theoretical and unprovable notion of a “gender identity”.
The fact that, for instance, David Bowie, is being appropriated as “trans” is ludicrous, offensive and staggeringly culturally insensitive.
That was an era when no one of an age to be interested gave a flying fuck about “gender expression” and we all understood that the baseline was sex, M vs F and the function.
What is happening now to the straightjacketing of both males and females in their teens and twenties is so very sad and regressive. Is it a reaction to the open-mindedness of their parents / grandparents?