{"id":2056840,"date":"2023-10-05T16:35:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T20:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-will-allow-x-gender-option-for-public-assistance-applicants\/"},"modified":"2023-10-05T16:37:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T20:37:31","slug":"new-york-will-allow-x-gender-option-for-public-assistance-applicants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-will-allow-x-gender-option-for-public-assistance-applicants\/","title":{"rendered":"NY to offer &#8216;X&#8217; gender option for public assistance applicants."},"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%2Fnew-york-will-allow-x-gender-option-for-public-assistance-applicants%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=2056840&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--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dawn \u2064breaks over The Statue of Liberty on March 18, 2020 in New York City. (Photo \u2064by Spencer Platt\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/elizabeth-volberding\">Elizabeth Volberding<br \/><\/a>1:30 PM \u2013 Thursday, October 5, \u200c2023<\/h2>\n<p>New\u2064 Yorkers will soon have the \u2063exciting \u2063opportunity\u200c to select an\u2063 \u201cX\u201d gender option when applying\u2062 for food stamps, Medicaid,\u200b and other\u200c public assistance,\u200c thanks to a groundbreaking court settlement.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-2\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-2'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday,\u2062 a historic court settlement \u200cwas reached \u2064in response to a 2021\u2064 lawsuit against several government agencies. \u200cThe lawsuit argued that the state Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance&#8217;s computer\u2062 system forced nonbinary\u2063 individuals to either lie about their\u2063 gender\u200b or be denied certain benefits.<\/p>\n<p>Under the settlement,\u2062 by January 1<sup>st<\/sup>, 2024, New York&#8217;s public assistance and health agencies will implement\u2062 the\u2063 inclusion of &#8220;X&#8221; gender markers on relevant forms.<\/p>\n<p>This means that the NYC\u200c Human Resources\u2062 Administration will be able to accommodate &#8220;X&#8221; gender markers on\u2063 application forms, as confirmed by the state&#8217;s Civil\u2062 Liberties Union, which fought the lawsuit on behalf of \u200cmultiple plaintiffs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;This is a monumental victory for the thousands of nonbinary New Yorkers \u200bwho will no longer have to lie\u200c about their identity or\u2064 risk being misgendered when seeking public benefits,&#8221; stated NYCLU attorney Gabriella Larios.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to note that this nonbinary gender option is already available\u200d on\u2062 New York driver&#8217;s licenses and birth certificates.<\/p>\n<p>While United States citizens have been able to select\u200d &#8220;X&#8221; on their passport applications since \u2064April 2022, \u200dthis marks the first time the option is being extended to public assistance applications.<\/p>\n<p>The Office \u200dof Temporary\u2062 and\u200b Disability Assistance has been\u2062 contacted for \u2063comment. The organization previously announced that a \u2062multimillion-dollar software upgrade would be implemented \u200bto\u2063 accommodate the additional gender option.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! 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This historic decision comes\u2062 as \u2062a response to a lawsuit filed in \u20632021 against several government agencies, arguing that the state \u2063Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance&#8217;s computer\u2062 system forced \u200cnonbinary individuals to\u2063 either \u200dlie about their gender or be denied certain benefits.<\/p>\n<p>Under the terms\u2063 of \u2063the settlement, by January 1st,\u2062 2024, New York&#8217;s public assistance and health \u200cagencies will implement\u2062 the\u200b inclusion \u2064of &#8220;X&#8221; gender markers on relevant forms. This means that the NYC\u200b Human Resources Administration will be able to accommodate &#8220;X&#8221; gender markers on application forms, \u200bas confirmed by the state&#8217;s Civil Liberties Union, which fought the \u2064lawsuit on behalf of multiple plaintiffs.<\/p>\n<p>NYCLU attorney Gabriella\u2063 Larios \u2063hailed\u2062 this\u200d decision as\u2063 a monumental victory for\u2063 nonbinary New Yorkers who \u200cwill no longer have to lie about\u200d their identity \u2062or \u2063risk being misgendered when seeking public benefits. \u200bIt is worth noting that\u200c the option of a\u2063 nonbinary gender marker is already available on New York driver&#8217;s licenses and birth certificates. <\/p>\n<p>While United States citizens\u200b have been able to select &#8220;X&#8221; on their passport applications since April 2022, \u200dthis marks\u2062 the first time the option is being extended to public assistance applications. The Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance has been \u2064contacted for comment,\u2062 and it\u2062 was previously announced that a multimillion-dollar software \u200cupgrade would be implemented \u2062to accommodate the \u2063additional gender option.<\/p>\n<p>This landmark settlement\u2063 represents a \u200bsignificant step towards inclusivity and\u2063 recognition of \u2062nonbinary \u200cindividuals in \u200bNew York. It\u200c is \u200ca\u200c testament to the \u200bprogress being made in recognizing and \u2063respecting diverse identities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dawn breaks over The Statue of Liberty on March 18, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt\/Getty Images) New Yorkers can soon select &#8220;X&#8221; gender option for food stamps, Medicaid, and public assistance applications, says OAN&#8217;s Elizabeth Volberding. 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