Gender-neutral X options and passports will now be available from us. The Department of State announced that effective April 11th. US citizens would be able to choose the gender-neutral X symbol on passports. According to a statement from Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the X option will be accessible for various forms of paperwork next year.
“We concluded that the definition of the X gender marker on State Department public forms would be ‘Unspecified or another gender identity,'” Blinken added, “after thorough evaluation of the research undertaken and feedback from community members.” “While promoting inclusion, this definition is respectful of people’ privacy.”
Last June, the State Department confirmed that a third gender marker would be added to passports. But it did not specify when the change would take effect. It also declared that in case where their gender did not match. What was listed on other identification, passport applicants would be able to self-select. Their gender without having medical verification.
Gender-neutral X options and passports will now be available from us. So the result was praised by the Human Rights Campaign. In addition, the amendment was one of several policy updates by the Biden administration. According to HRC interim president Joni Madison, “that would improve the lives of transgender and non-binary people in this nation.”
The news comes on Transgender Day of Visibility. A day when some state legislatures have passed anti-transgender laws in a way to deter transgender infants from being born.
“The data is clear that these types of bills stigmatize and impair the well-being. Mental health of transgender youth, and they put loving and supportive families across the country at risk of discrimination and harassment,” the White House said in a statement on Thursday.
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