The United States issues the first passport with “X” gender to non-binary people

A third box is available. The United States announced, Wednesday, October 27, the issuance of the first passport with the “X” gender to a person who does not identify himself in the traditional choices of “male” or “female”. The White House said this new possibility will be offered to all passport applicants beginning in early 2022, underlining the commitment of US diplomacy. “Promoting freedom, dignity and equality for all people”.

Secretary of State Anthony Blinken already relaxed the rules in June by allowing US citizens to choose their gender on their passports themselves. At that time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned about it adding Gender mark for non-intersex, intersex, and non-conforming people I was “Technologically complex and will take time for major system updates”. Previously, people who wanted to register a different type of birth certificate had to provide a medical certificate.