In 2006,New York City announced that it was moving forward with a plan to allow transgender residents to change the sex listed on their birth certificates.This would be permitted if they had lived in their adopted gender for at least two years,but no physiological change or medical authorization would be required.How is New York City defining gender?
A) New York is separating gender from sex.
B) New York is accepting the principle of human sexual dimorphism.
C) New York is taking an essentialist approach.
D) New York is assuming that gender is stable over time.

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By allowing transgender residents to change the sex listed on their birth certificates based solely on their self-identified gender and without any medical authorization or physiological change, New York City is separating gender from sex. This means that they are recognizing that gender is a social and cultural identity rather than a purely biological attribute.

In 2006,New York City Announced That It Was Moving Forward