U.S. issues first passport with nonbinary gender option

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2021-10-27

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Travel Weekly

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The U.S. State Department has issued it's first U.S. passport with the gender designated as "X" making a third gender option available to nonbinary, intersex, and non-gender-conforming applicants. The Human Rights Campaign estimates that there could be up to 8.5 million Americans that choose use this designation.

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U.S. Department of State, U.S. passports, Nonbinary, Intersex, Non-gender-conforming

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