U.S. laws struggle to keep up with gender advances

EndocrineToday.com – by Dave Levitan

From children born with DSDs to transgender adults, the legal issues confronting certain groups can be challenging.

Whether renewing a driver’s license, applying for a credit card or even getting married, there is always a space on the form to specify one’s gender. Generally speaking, we are only given two options: male or female. In recent years, however, the medical community has moved toward thinking of gender as more of a continuum than a stark dichotomy, with numerous children born with various disorders of sex development and increasing numbers of transgender adults.