• Tywèle [she|her]@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 months ago

    That’s so weird. Here in Germany I don’t even think about my birth certificate because I’ve never used it for anything. I don’t think I’ve ever even seen it.

    • Crashumbc@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      The US is extremely weird, because of a phobia of the government tracking them. So there is no national ID like most modern countries…

      So you end up with these work arounds like using the birth certificate to identify yourself. It’s a really shit system.

    • Mentando@feddit.org
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      5 months ago

      There are processes where it is required. E.g. when you become a parent.

      However, I think it is allowed to change the gender since 2019.