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Those aren't actually considered to necessarily be in conflict these days. I think sex assigned at birth or something like that would probably be the relevant medical question.

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modern medical forms do indeed ask for sex assigned at birth (or some variation on that) rather than gender, unless gender is specifically what they're after. And there really is very little variation since almost everyone is part of a hospital system nowadays and literally everyone does state/insurance interactions that require specific questions/etc.

OP is just being colloquial. But you are correct that there is a difference between sex at birth and gender and the medical system does handle that.

This exactly: gender and possession of a uterus are two very different things.

Medical forms tend to ask for sex, not gender.

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