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US passport applicants can select 'X' gender starting Monday

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FILE IMAGE - A person holds a U.S. passport and an American flag. (File photo/El Nuevo Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) WASHINGTON - Starting Monday, U.S.

passport applications will now list "X" as a gender option for those not wanting to identify as male or female. The State Department said for those wishing to get an expedited passport, the ‘X" gender will be an option starting in late 2023. "We're setting a precedent as the first US federal government agency to offer the 'X' gender marker on an identity document," said Douglass Benning, principal deputy assistant secretary for consular affairs at the State Department, according to CBS News.

The State Department consulted with other countries, including Canada, New Zealand, and Australia, who have also added the "X" gender option, CBS News reported.Last year, the State Department said that it was moving toward adding a third gender marker for nonbinary, intersex and gender-nonconforming people but that would take time because of required updates to its computer systems.RELATED: Biden says government to stand up for transgender Americans against 'hateful' state billsThe department now also allows applicants to self-select their gender as male or female, no longer requiring them to provide medical certification if their gender did not match that listed on their other identification documents.Credit: U.S.

State Department The U.S. special diplomatic envoy for LGBTQ rights, Jessica Stern, said the decision brings the government documents in line with the "lived reality" that there is a wider spectrum of human sex characteristics than is reflected in the previous two designations.The Transportation Security Authority (TSA) also stated it will incorporate more.

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