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The State Department issues the first US passport with an “X” gender marker as it seeks to implement gender-inclusive policies
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(CNN)-The State Department has issued the first US passport with an “X” gender marker as it seeks to implement gender-inclusive polices, the department announced Wednesday.
The US joins Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other countries with similar gender-inclusive passport policies.
At least 20 states and Washington, DC, have also implemented similar changes to state documentation, including New Jersey, which enacted the change in April after delaying it last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The department announced in June it would update its procedures to allow applicants to self-select their sex marker for passports and that it “will no longer require medical certification” if an applicant’s self-selected sex marker doesn’t match the sex listed on other official identity documents.
The option with the new marker will be offered to routine passport applicants after the department finishes system and form updates in early 2022.
Source: CNN, Oct. 27, 2021
Last Updated on 27.10.2021 by iskova