SF Gate: Federal judge urges US to grant gender neutral passport
Jul 20, 2016, 6:48 pm
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SF Gate: Federal judge urges US to grant gender neutral passport
DENVER (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday urged the State Department to give a gender neutral passport to a Colorado Navy veteran who does not identify being male or female in a case that's the first of its kind in the United States.
U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson also suggested he might issue an order forcing the government to do so if it does not successfully negotiate a settlement to the legal challenge by Dana Zzyym, who was denied a passport for refusing to check "male" or "female" on the application.
U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson also suggested he might issue an order forcing the government to do so if it does not successfully negotiate a settlement to the legal challenge by Dana Zzyym, who was denied a passport for refusing to check "male" or "female" on the application.
Jul 21, 2016, 2:33 am
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Have people been denied boarding in the past due to them changing the gender on their passports, I wonder, and it mismatching previous records or something?
Jul 21, 2016, 7:31 am
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The article doesn't give much detail but indicates this person was born with ambiguous sexual characteristics. It doesn't say whether they ever had genetic testing. Except in some rare chromosomal birth defects, one is clearly either male or female by virtue of one's chromosomes - dressing differently or having cosmetic surgery doesn't ever change that. That sex is what should be on the passport.
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Jul 21, 2016, 8:35 am
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It's likely not a problem if they don't choose M or F, as long as the passport-issuing authority allows for the individual to use the X option.
Jul 21, 2016, 8:53 am
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Dear all, if you wish to share politicized opinions please do so in OMNI/PR. Please keep this thread on-topic re the likely travel challenges, etc., that such an option would make for, etc.
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Jul 21, 2016, 1:41 pm
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The US Department of State's position is that allowing for passport applicants to have an option to leave the sex designation blank and get an X on passports may increase "security" risks. Indications of such claim are to be found in at least one news article.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...e-the-country/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...e-the-country/