this is along with name, race and other demographic information
They don’t have a gender field, and it really feels like they are just reducing sex and gender down to “you are what you were assigned at birth”, and then hiding behind amorphous medical “reasons” as justification …
That’s just the single most obvious out of dozens of differences. Do you prefer fifty checkboxes or one dropdown list?
Here’s a better way to look at this: medication cares about your biology. That means sex. Gender does not factor in. So they’re asking your sex. Why would they need to know your gender? Wouldn’t asking that be invasive, like asking your political affiliation or your hobbies or your religion or literally anything else that does not impact your purchase and use of medicine?
You’re being reductive. Just because a trans woman and a cis woman have different needs doesn’t mean that a trans woman and a cis man have the same needs. Similar with pre-op vs post-op, and trans vs intersex. You know who generally handles those intricacies? Your doctor. Walgreens generally isn’t handing out prescriptions. They don’t need your medical chart, that’s for your doctor to deal with. It’s especially not needed for a flu shot like OP got.
Take bloodwork as an example. I’m a trans woman. Shitty endocrinologists send in my blood work order as male, but when my levels are compared to typical male ranges, literally everything is a red flag. It’s useless. When compared to female ranges however , a red flag indicates that there’s actually a problem. As another example, cis men have never had to go to a gynecologist.
Pregnancy can have some pretty serious interactions with certain drugs, both of which are quite common, which is why it stands out.