The federal government began marking passports as a “third gender” on the 11th, not male or female.
The Department of State’s consular department posted a notice on its website on the same day saying, “Choose your last name.” According to this, when applying for a passport in the future, in addition to male (M) and female (F), ‘gender X’ can be selected.
Gender X is a non-binary (person with a gender identity that is outside the binary gender division of male and female), intersex (person with physical characteristics not defined in the definition of male or female), and people who feel uncomfortable with gender distinction. was introduced
The State Department explained through a question-and-answer section that there is no need to provide any other supporting documents when choosing a surname to appear on your passport. This is the same when choosing gender X as well as male or female.
The State Department said, “The last name on the passport application does not have to match the last name on the previous passport or other documents such as birth certificates or identification cards.” he explained.