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US Issues First Passport With ‘X’ Gender Marker To Navy Veteran

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The US State Department announced on Wednesday that it had issued the first American passport with an ‘X’ gender marker. Dana Zzyym, a US Navy veteran, and the associate director for the Intersex  Campaign for Equality, was identified by Lambda Legal as their client who  was the recipient of the passport.

The move gives people who  identify as nonbinary, intersex and gender-nonconforming the ability to no  longer have to identify as male or female on their passport. “We look forward to offering this option to all routine passport applicants once we complete the required system and form updates in early 2022,” State  Department spokesperson Ned Price said in a statement.

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