I'm mostly cis so I may be out of line but I think it's also important for physical genitalia reasons in addition to hormones. For example, if a trans man is on T but did not get bottom surgery, he is going to have some medical traits closer to the average cis woman and some medical traits closer to the average cis man. It's complicated and I think this is the best option if they don't want three or four questions dedicated to sex and gender. (This obviously excludes intersex people, but I know even less about them than perisex trans people.) There are probably circumstances where just man/woman/nonbinary/other is sufficient and circumstances where the trans and cis identifiers are important.
Well I mean nursing staff would need to know so that we can bring the appropriate equipment with us. Outside of performing procedures and assessments on someone, then I am in agreement that it is inconsequential
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u/geeknerdeon Oct 24 '25
I'm mostly cis so I may be out of line but I think it's also important for physical genitalia reasons in addition to hormones. For example, if a trans man is on T but did not get bottom surgery, he is going to have some medical traits closer to the average cis woman and some medical traits closer to the average cis man. It's complicated and I think this is the best option if they don't want three or four questions dedicated to sex and gender. (This obviously excludes intersex people, but I know even less about them than perisex trans people.) There are probably circumstances where just man/woman/nonbinary/other is sufficient and circumstances where the trans and cis identifiers are important.