having to answer that question in front of my mom was pretty akward

The other option isn’t even always available. If there’s an other/prefer not to say I choose that. If not, I go with female or leave it blank

If "other" was at least an option... but usually it isn't. And when I try to just leave it empty I get an error message saying it's a required field... fml... The more times I am forced to decide between man and woman the more dysphoric I get about it.

Hobestly, I was trying to get an estimate for a car insurance and the little info icon next to the question said that by law this must not affect the rate of the insurance. But I still had to pick one of two options and couldn't leave it empty. wtf!?

I think you should just put other