Federal judge slams Ohio's policy against transgender birth certificate changes in ruling

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2. Reading my own post is making me think

that perhaps gender designation at birth simply isn't needed.

A birth certificate does not need to read "Baby Boy Smith" or "Baby Girl Jones", but perhaps simply "Baby". Whatever name the parents give is then written down. (I know a bit about this problem, as when my second son was born I was for several days very much up in the air about what his name should be.)

I so realize that the vast majority of parents will want their baby listed as "Baby Boy Smith" or "Baby Girl Jones" only with the designated first name, such as "Eric Smith" or "Ethel Jones". I'm guessing that gender ambiguity isn't something that arises early on, or at least not in the first two or three years of life. I do know some people who have children who are transgender, and I realize I've never thought to ask them at what point their children understood they were trans. Hmmm. I'm realizing this is a very complex topic that I only know a little bit about.