This post is about a person in the LGBTQ community expressing their discern on the gender options for forms which includes cis-gender identities as female, male along with unknown, N/A, and Tax Entity. This suggests that there exclusion of the other identities that exist in the queer community and are forced to be put into a category as either unknown or N/A, showcasing the lack of diversity and inclusion of identities that exist. To add, the “Tax Entity” identification suggests almost an objectification of those outside of cis-gender identities and I find that quite off putting.

Reading that there can be additional constraints added shows how data can be enforced and is out of the power of one to control what is shown and what is not. By restricting certain country names can express a non ethical way of data for specific subjects, for example, finding the country you’re born in for registration purposes. This can exclude others and almost reveals how these constraints explain the technology and creators behind the data, perhaps feeling prejudiced against certain countries.