Dana Zzyym

“State Department is turning the American passport into a farce, not to mention flaunting God,” Franklin Graham ranted after the government announced it would use an X marker for intersex and nonbinary people.

“People do not always fit within a male or a female designation,” so having another gender option on passports allows non-binary people to “live with greater dignity and respect.”

Republican lawmakers have been writing exceptions into anti-trans laws, banning doctors from treating trans youth while explicitly allowing them to operate on intersex youth.

Trans people can also correct the gender marker on their passports more easily now.

Biden promised to “affirm one’s gender marker and expand access to accurate identification documents” as President. His administration is preparing to follow through.

Dana Zzyym just won a major court victory, but their case is likely headed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

“Adherence to a series of internal policies that do not contemplate the existence of intersex people is not good reason” to deny someone a passport.

Next up: The DMV.

Three Californians recently submitted petitions to have their gender legally changed to non-binary.