ace_of_spade_789 t1_iryxih0 wrote on October 12, 2022 at 1:53 AM

Reply to comment by RoastedRhino in New York residents who don't want to choose a gender can now choose "X" as a gender marker on a New York State license by maxcrazy

I would imagine that it might be useful for medical purposes, like having whether or not you're a donor on the license.

But I also imagine a medical bracelet is more useful than a license especially if someone loses theirs or doesn't take it with them.

There are a lot of things on a license that are unnecessary like weight and height with renewal periods in my state being 8 years and they just use the same photo, I'm sorry I don't quite weigh the same as I did in 2016 as I do now so why have that on there.

The kinds of information governments require for different identifications are sometimes mind boggling.

RoastedRhino t1_irzky61 wrote on October 12, 2022 at 5:32 AM

Height is actually used for identification. I saw the training for people that check IDs and the first thing they were told to do is to estimate the height before looking at the ID, then check that. It’s something hard to fake.

But yes, everything else should either have a purpose or go.

ace_of_spade_789 t1_is3lq0g wrote on October 13, 2022 at 1:25 AM

True height would be one that's hard to change too much over the years once you stop growing.