Opposite side of the coin, offensive?

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I’ve got some paperwork I need to fill out that requires people’s gender. Ninety percent are obvious but one person, I’m not sure how they identify. But I don’t want to ask because I’m sure some people would be offended by the question. She’s obviously a female, but at some point there was some “they, them” pronoun usage being talked about. But that seems to never have materialized and everyone just uses female pronouns for her. I checked her email signature and no pronouns are listed.

So, just go with the sex or ask about gender?

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What’s it for? Meaning how “binding” or serious is this form? Is it something where “shit I really had no idea, I apologize” is acceptable if you just fill out the form as you see it?

Are there more than two options for gender?

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SNL used to run a skit with a character called “Pat”.

Everything revolved around interactions with Pat to determine if s/he was male or female.

I’m not sure that skit would fly today?

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Agree with this.

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