legal sex
Gender on documents
Legal sex is the sex or gender officially recorded on government documents such as birth certificates, passports, or identification cards.
The term arises in contexts where recorded sex differs from a person's gender identity or physical characteristics: Her legal sex is still male, though she transitioned years ago.
Requirements for changing legal sex vary by jurisdiction.
- gender reassignmentMedical process changing sex characteristics
- marriageFormal union between partners
- statutoryEstablished by enacted law
- lawsEnforceable societal rules
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
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Organism's reproductive classification
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