The U.S. State Department said on Wednesday it had issued the first American passport with an “X” gender marker, designed to give nonbinary, intersex and gender-nonconforming people a marker other than male or female on their travel document, according to a statement.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced in June that the X marker would be offered as an option on passports, following other countries including Canada, Germany, Australia and India, which already offer a third gender on documents.
State Department spokesperson Ned Price said in a statement that the United States was moving toward adding the “X” gender marker as an option for those applying for U.S. passports or Consular Reports of Birth Abroad.
Price did not identify the holder of the first “X” gender passport, but civil rights organization Lambda Legal said its client Dana was the recipient.
