{"id":1412705,"date":"2022-03-31T11:16:11","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T15:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1412705"},"modified":"2022-03-31T11:16:15","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T15:16:15","slug":"biden-administration-will-add-x-gender-marker-to-us-passports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-will-add-x-gender-marker-to-us-passports\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Administration Will Add \u2018X Gender Marker\u2019 to US Passports"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-administration-will-add-x-gender-marker-to-us-passports%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1412705&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>The Biden administration will allow any U.S. citizen to add an &#8220;X gender marker&#8221; to their passport beginning April 11, Secretary of State Antony Blinken <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/x-gender-marker-available-on-u-s-passports-starting-april-11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department is the first agency in the administration to announce such a change to identification documents. In a press statement, Blinken said the &#8220;X&#8221; represents &#8220;unspecified or another gender identity,&#8221; adding that the definition &#8220;is respectful of individuals&#8217; privacy while advancing inclusion.&#8221; No accompanying medical documentation is required. On a separate webpage, however, the agency warns, &#8220;You may face entry restrictions in countries that do not recognize the X gender marker.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The change is in keeping with President Joe Biden&#8217;s promise to promote &#8220;equity&#8221; and &#8220;inclusion&#8221; during his tenure in the Oval Office. In June 2021, he signed a sweeping <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/06\/25\/executive-order-on-diversity-equity-inclusion-and-accessibility-in-the-federal-workforce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">executive order<\/a> for &#8220;diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the federal workforce.&#8221; The order mandated federal agency heads to &#8220;update Federal employee identification standards to include non-binary gender markers where gender markers are required in employee systems and profiles.&#8221; Another provision included &#8220;supportive services for transgender and gender non-conforming and non-binary employees who wish to legally, medically, or socially transition.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday announced it will phase out &#8220;gender-based&#8221; advanced imaging technology used by the Transportation Security Administration and reduce pat downs and &#8220;invasive screening procedures&#8221; in private areas. The joint effort will push airlines to adopt &#8220;X gender markers&#8221; as well.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&#8217;s 2023 fiscal year budget has also apportioned $10 million in &#8220;funding for additional critical research on how to best add questions about sexual orientation and gender identity to the Census Bureau&#8217;s American Community Survey.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Just 15 other countries have approved nonbinary genders on passports, including Germany, Denmark, and Canada.<\/p>\n<p>The White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2022\/03\/31\/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-advances-equality-and-visibility-for-transgender-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recognized<\/a> &#8220;Transgender Day of Visibility&#8221; on Thursday, declaring that &#8220;transgender people are some of the bravest people in our nation&#8221; who &#8220;have faced significant barriers to traveling safely.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration will allow any U.S. citizen to add an &#8220;X gender marker&#8221; to their passport beginning April 11, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Thursday. 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