As part of the Biden administration’s recognition of “Transgender Day of Visibility,” citizens will be able to begin selecting gender “X” for passports instead of male or female in April. The announcement comes as the Biden administration has repeatedly pledged to integrate gender ideology into documentation for international travel.
Jessica Stern, the U.S. special diplomatic envoy for LGBTQ rights praised Biden’s announcement during the rollout of the new “X” addition.
The Daily Wire reports:
“The addition of a third gender marker propels the U.S. forward toward ensuring that our administrative systems account for the diversity of gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics among U.S. citizens,” she added.
The move to make “gender neutral” passports was first announced back in June 2021 by Secretary of State Antony Blinken. At the time he said that the State Department would add another “gender marker” and allow people to choose whether they were marked male or female despite medical documentation.
“Most immediately, we will be updating our procedures to allow applicants to self-select their gender as ‘M’ or ‘F’ and will no longer require medical certification if an applicant’s self-selected gender does not match the gender on their other citizenship or identity documents,” Blinken said.
The Transportation Security Administration will also begin enforcing new policy changes to adjust protocols to fall in line with the addition of the “X” passport.
These moves include changing the “current, gender-based system” for pat-downs and other screening and taking away “gender considerations when validating a traveler’s ID at airport security checkpoints,” according to Axios.
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