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State Department will offer 'X' gender marker for U.S. passports
Source: Politico
The State Department on Thursday announced that it will make an X gender marker available on U.S. passports beginning April 11, and the option to select the marker for other forms of documentation will become available next year.
On State Department public forms, the X gender marker will be defined as Unspecified or another gender identity. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement that the definition is respectful of individuals privacy while advancing inclusion.
The news of the State Departments X gender marker comes after the department announced last June that it would begin allowing U.S. passport applicants to self-select their gender as M or F, and that it would no longer require medical certification if an applicants choice did not match the gender on their other documentation.
The State Department also announced at the time that it had begun moving towards adding a gender marker for non-binary, intersex, and gender non-conforming persons applying for a U.S. passport or a Consular Report of Birth Abroad.
On State Department public forms, the X gender marker will be defined as Unspecified or another gender identity. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement that the definition is respectful of individuals privacy while advancing inclusion.
The news of the State Departments X gender marker comes after the department announced last June that it would begin allowing U.S. passport applicants to self-select their gender as M or F, and that it would no longer require medical certification if an applicants choice did not match the gender on their other documentation.
The State Department also announced at the time that it had begun moving towards adding a gender marker for non-binary, intersex, and gender non-conforming persons applying for a U.S. passport or a Consular Report of Birth Abroad.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/31/state-department-will-offer-x-gender-marker-for-u-s-passports-00021965
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State Department will offer 'X' gender marker for U.S. passports (Original Post)
brooklynite
Mar 2022
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RKP5637
(67,101 posts)1. Excellent!!! n/t
earthside
(6,960 posts)2. We've gone insane.
The only redeeming thing for organized society is that this pertains to so few people that it doesn't really matter too much.
NullTuples
(6,017 posts)3. This isn't the downfall of society you're looking for.
At least 15 countries have already allowed people to amend their gender to a legalized non-binary or third gender identifier on their passport, including Argentina, Austria, Australia, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Malta, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, India and Nepal.
Some for a decade.
Hekate
(90,621 posts)4. I'm impressed! Thanks for this info regarding progress elsewhere.