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US issues first passport with ‘X’ gender Blog 
US issues first passport with ‘X’ for gender after six-year battle.
The United States has issued its first gender-neutral passport – a milestone in the advancement of rights for non-binary, intersex, and gender non-conforming US citizens.
According to reports, Dana Zzyym, of Fort Collins, Colorado was the citizen who obtained the ‘X’ gender passport after a battle with the government over the issue lasting six years.
Zzyym, who prefers a gender-neutral pronoun, described the euphoric moment the passport was delivered.
“I almost burst into tears when I opened the envelope, pulled out my new passport, and saw the ‘X’ stamped boldly under ‘sex,'” Zzyym said.
“I’m also ecstatic that other intersex and nonbinary U.S. citizens will soon be able to apply for passports with the correct gender marker. It took six years, but to have an accurate passport, one that doesn’t force me to identify as male or female but recognizes I am neither, is liberating.”
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According to court filings, Zzyym was born with ambiguous physical sexual characteristics and was raised as a boy. Zzyym later came out as intersex while studying at Colorado State University.
Nonbinary and intersex Americans are estimated to make up 1.2 million and 4 million people, respectively, according to the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law and interACT, an intersex advocacy group.
“When a person obtains identity documents that reflect their true identity, they live with greater dignity and respect,” the US’s special diplomatic envoy for LGBTQ rights, Jessica Stern, said.
The Department of State on Wednesday said the new designation would be available early next year for the general public.
The United States joins a handful of countries, including Australia, Canada, Germany, India, Nepal and New Zealand, in allowing its citizens to designate a gender other than male or female on their passports.
