For the first time in the United States, a passport was issued with a third gender “X” stamp. This is stated in the statement of the spokesman for the US State Department Ned Price on website departments.
“We look forward to offering [такой паспорт] to everyone who applies for it, as soon as we develop the necessary system and update the form, ”the document says. This will happen in early 2022, Price said.
The State Department spokesman emphasized that Washington is committed to promoting freedom and equality for all people, including representatives of the LGBT community. Until now, in order to indicate a gender that is different from that entered on a birth certificate, US citizens needed a certificate from a doctor.
The plans of the American administration to introduce the third gender became known in the summer of 2021. Then the US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that this step is intended to guarantee equal rights for the LGBT community.
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