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Gender X: Are you sure?

Delivery room conversation;

Obstetrician:

Congratulations, Mrs. Smith. It’s a boy!

Nurse:

How can you be sure?

Obstetrician:

Well…

Nurse:

I mean, what if, when he’s older, he decides that HE’S not sure?

Obstetrician:

I see your point. But there is hope. If the proposed non-binary choice becomes effective, he can skip the male/female box on his birth certificate and check the third one, Gender X.

Nurse:

Right. But in the meantime, which of the two gender boxes should I mark?

Obstetrician:

I’m not sure.

This story was originally published September 19, 2017 at 12:51 PM with the headline "Gender X: Are you sure?."

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