Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by jaywalk 1708 days ago
Why would you jump to the assumption that they don't need to store gender?
2 comments

Because there are very few situations where storing gender is nesecary.
Having worked in a healthcare setting and having had a patient come through who had undergone gender reassignment surgery, it turns out to be easier get the surgery than to get their gender and name changed in the healthcare database.

I said I’d help them get it fixed, but I couldn’t get this done.