{"id":932473,"date":"2021-10-28T12:59:35","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T16:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=932473"},"modified":"2021-10-28T12:59:37","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T16:59:37","slug":"new-gender-option-appears-on-u-s-passports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-gender-option-appears-on-u-s-passports\/","title":{"rendered":"New gender option appears on U.S. 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\">14<\/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-gender-option-appears-on-u-s-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=932473&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 id=\"attachment_2564138\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2564138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MIAMI \u2013 JUNE 22: A Passport Processing employee uses a stack of blank passports to print a new one. (Photo by Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 9:28 AM PT \u2013 Thursday, October 28, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>U.S. passports now have a new feature. The State Department has made it an option for new passports to include a \u201cGender X\u201d marker, allowing Americans to opt-out of the \u201cMale\u201d or \u201cFemale\u201d option.<\/p>\n<p>Department Spokesman Ned Price said this is a way to \u201cbetter serve all U.S. citizens regardless of their gender identity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Price\u2019s department has a record of serving Americans in places such as Afghanistan. Intersex activist Dana Zzyym had the honor of being the first American to receive the special gender designation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s kind of unbelievable that I got the first one,\u201d Zzyym said. \u201cI\u2019ve worked a long time to get this one. Six years and a day through the federal court system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Zzyym asserted this isn\u2019t just a victory for intersex persons, but also a triumph for the entire intersectional community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether it\u2019s the Black community, or the Latino community, or the trans community. We exist,\u201d said Zzyym. \u201cWe all should be allies together in the fight for rights. Well, that is what it means to me and this is what this represents to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The US <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StateDept?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@StateDept<\/a> issued a US Passport with an X gender marker today, marking the first time a gender-neutral passport is issued in the country and sending a strong message in support of the rights of trans, intersex, and nonbinary persons. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HxNcmtwqgX\">https:\/\/t.co\/HxNcmtwqgX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OutRight (@OutRightIntl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OutRightIntl\/status\/1453367892217679888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Members of the political left have often unfavorably compared the U.S. to more progressive countries, such as Sweden. Although, Outright Action International Executive Director Maria Sjodin said the U.S. is a trailblazer on this front.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of the European countries that have seen themselves as leaders on LGBTIQ issues really have been leaders when it comes to maybe same-sex marriage and protection against discrimination based on sexual orientation, but they really haven\u2019t been leaders on trans issues,\u201d Sjodin said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Sjodin, America is an example for Europe to follow. The new passports are an example of the Biden administration\u2019s commitment to the trans community, marking yet another accomplishment for the White House.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/nyc-firefighter-union-seeks-vaccine-deadline-extension\/\">NYC Firefighter Union Seeks Vaccine Deadline Extension<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIAMI \u2013 JUNE 22: A Passport Processing employee uses a stack of blank passports to print a new one. 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