> legal documents such as what sex appears on one's drivers license So there is a formal place where someone's sex is "assigned" (at birth, I presume). In othe

> legal documents such as what sex appears on one's drivers license So there is a formal place where someone's sex is "assigned" (at birth, I presume). In other words you cannot claim for cases with a legal consequence that you are a man when it says "woman" in your papers. i understand that you can declare yourself as whatever, but it does not change your rights and onbligations. > Racial identification is another question mark, particularly for Americans and is very convoluted Is there a similar thing for races? Is this "objectively" assigned (though your ancestry, for instance), or is it purely declarative (I am white, but declare to be black and therefore get access to, say, minority advantages)? In France we legally have a few things that are non-discutable and part of you papers (sex, nationality, marial status, ...). This an change, of course, but requires going through a procedure that changes what is in the papers. We do not have anything "declarative" that would have a legal meaning (and that would open the door to advantages for instance)