Clayton Co. woman asked to prove gender to fix birth certificate mistake

[alp227]

A Clayton County woman's birth certificate has listed her as a man for the last 37 years, but she didn't notice the mistake until now. Nakia Grimes says she was horrified when state workers told her she'd need a doctor's note proving her gender to get it corrected.

Grimes told FOX 5 she never noticed the "x" in the field on her birth certificate that marks her as a male.

"You only look at the name, the date, and the year," Grimes told FOX 5. "I've never seen that."

Grimes said she never really had a need for the document until she prepared to renew her Georgia driver's license, but new rules mean she needed a copy. That's where the problems started. With her 37th birthday approaching, Grimes went to the state's Vital Records Services.

full: http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/story/22673518/birth-certificate-mistake-gender

I found this story via Georgia Woman Told Vaginal Exam Necessary to Prove Gender for Driver's License (Alternet).

[Bay Boy]

1. Why would you say this:

"What...is the Georgia DMV whatever it's called hiring people from the sex offender registry or something? "

The DMV didn't ask her to lift her skirt. They asked her to go to her doctor and get a note.

[alp227]

2. Reacting to alternet title framing the story. N/t

[boston bean]

3. Do they actually have a gender box on the certificate?

I thought it would be sex, male or female, not gender.