I don't want to be identified by what body parts I have or don't have.

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188. Medical records

What do they ask on your medical forms? This varies from office to office. Many have checkboxes for Male and Female. There are also many that have "Male, Female, Other" checkboxes. Some go even further and add on trans specific or non-binary checkboxes. I have not encountered any that don't have at least "male" "female" checkboxes.

I see medical records from other offices on a daily basis. I work in a field that is mostly focused on pelvic health for all genders. I mention that part because we do see patients who are dealing with reproductive issues. Since we're often getting referrals from other practices, we see a lot of medical records. I've never seen any practice send over paperwork referring to a patient as "person with a uterus" or "person with testicles." It's Female, Male, Transgender/MTF, Transgender/FTM, non-binary (AFAB or AMAB), Intersex. Sometimes we also see "AMAB" and "AFAB" included with transgender. "Woman" or "Man" is pretty much never used.

I don't know if that helps relieve any anxiety you have over medical records.

The only time I have personally seen people not labelled as they prefer in records has been for transgender or non-binary people. There are some practices that refuse to use anything other than "male" or "female" and will only refer to sex assigned at birth.

This is not to argue or anything of the sort. You asked about medical records. Since I work extensively with medical records, I thought I could share insight on how people are commonly labelled in the "paperwork" (almost all digital now). Now, this is a good convo to have with your provider the next time you see them. You can double check how they identify you - you have a right to view your records (some practices still give people a hard time with this!).