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State Department to Begin Issuing Gender-neutral Passports
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thegavoice.comPrior to the COVID-19 pandemic, traveling was a simple pursuit – but not for all. For many, traveling has always been met with discrimination and unnecessary force or violence.
Gender identity alone affects LGBTQ individuals differently when it comes to their treatment in airports and even when obtaining passports.
According to a press release from Lambda Legal, a national non-profit dedicated to the full legal recognition of LGBTQ people, the U.S.
State department plans to unveil “a new U.S. passport gender marker policy and is working towards adding an ‘X’ gender marker for non-binary, intersex, and gender non-conforming applicants.” The Passport Office will not require medical certification to change the gender on an individual’s
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