US issues first passport with "X" gender marker

[pesco]

Originally published at: US issues first passport with "X" gender marker | Boing Boing

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[Mindysan33]

[Akimbo_NOT]

[KathyPartdeux]

Next step - just remove the gender designation. You have the person’s picture right there.

[TripleE]

Or just dump passports altogether.

[nick_warr]

That gender thing seems… simpler, plus you don’t have to get the whole world to agree?

[John_Abbott1]

I agree. What’s the purpose of a gender on a passport, or on a driver’s licence?

[TripleE]

I mean, a person can dream. Passports are just around 100 years old as a concept in the first place, and while I get that the idea of dumping them entirely is naive given modern nation-states, I can still dream.

But yes, all that aside, this is a MASSIVE step forward and I’m happy with it.

[JohnS]

On one hand I applaud this move, but on the other - will this end up resulting in harassment (or worse) of individuals designated as X in certain countries?

[YankInNewZealand]

OK, so are the asshol-ish, authoritative, you-must-respect-mah-authoritah TSA agents going to get the proper training that this is now a thing?

[NukeML]

Why an X though?

Why not “N” for Nunnayagoddam Business

[nick_warr]

I like to think it’s X for “X-actly what I say it is”