• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • About Towleroad
  • Towleroad on Social Media
  • Privacy Policy

Towleroad Gay News

Gay Blog Towleroad: More than gay news | gay men

  • Travel
  • Sports
  • Law/Justice
  • Celebrities
  • Republicans
  • Madonna
  • Books
  • Men
  • Trans Rights
  • Royals
  • Monkeypox
  • Tucker Carlson Backtracks After Claiming He ‘Passionately’ Hates Donald Trump: ‘I Love’ Him ‘As A Person’
  • Toothpaste tablets and syrup on tap: US refill shops cut the container
  • Jon Hamm joins Mean Girls musical movie

U.S. to issue gender neutral passports, take steps to combat anti- transgender laws

Towleroad March 31, 2022 Leave a Comment

Published by
Reuters
504646 origin 1

By Doina Chiacu

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Americans will be allowed to choose an X for gender on their passport applications and select their sex on Social Security cards, the Biden administration said on Thursday in announcing measures to support transgender Americans against wave of state laws targeting them.

The State Department in June said U.S. citizens could select their gender on applications without having to submit medical documentation. In October, it issued the first American passport with an “X” gender marker, designed to give nonbinary, intersex and gender-nonconforming people an option other than male or female on their travel document.

“Starting on April 11, U.S. citizens will be able to select an X as their gender marker on their U.S. passport application, and the option will become available for other forms of documentation next year,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement.

Americans will also be able to select and add their gender to U.S. Social Security cards without medical documentation, beginning in the fall, the Social Security Administration said. The cards currently do not include gender indicators.

The changes were among several measures announced by the Biden administration to mark a “Transgender Day of Visibility,” a day after the Republican governors of Oklahoma and Arizona signed bills banning transgender athletes from girls’ sports in schools.

They joined a growing list of states that have passed or enacted similar laws on a contentious election-year issue. Transgender rights have been pushed to the forefront of the culture wars playing out in parts of the United States in recent years, together with issues such as reproductive rights.

“The administration once again condemns the proliferation of dangerous anti-transgender legislative attacks that have been introduced and passed in state legislatures around the country,” the White House said in a statement on initiatives it would take aimed at taking down barriers for transgender people.

They include easing travel, providing resources for transgender children and their families, improving access to federal services and benefits and advancing inclusion and visibility in federal data.

The Transportation Security Administration will implement gender-neutral screening at its checkpoints with changes in imaging technology, reducing the number of pat-down screenings, removing gender identification from checkpoint screenings and updating TSA PreCheck to include an “X” gender marker on its application.

The Department of Health and Human Services released a new website https://www.hhs.gov/programs/topic-sites/lgbtqi/index.html that offers resources for transgender and LGBTQI+ youth, their parents, and providers.

Other agencies will announce new actions to expand the collection and use of sexual orientation and gender identity data, the White House said.

“Every American deserves the freedom to be themselves. But far too many transgender Americans still face systemic barriers, discrimination, and acts of violence,” the White House said.

(Reporting by Doina Chiacu; Editing by William Maclean and Bill Berkrot)

Topics: Aaon, Featured, World More Posts About: gender identity, Intersex, Non-binary gender, Transgender

Related Posts
  • ‘You are welcome here’: Minnesota passes bill to solidify status as a trans refuge state
  • Kentucky governor vetoes bill targeting transgender youth
  • Florida moves to expand ban on sexual orientation, gender identity teaching
  • Toothpaste tablets and syrup on tap: US refill shops cut the container

    Toothpaste tablets and syrup on tap: US refill shops cut the container

    Published by AFP Anna Marino, owner and founder of Mason & Greens, a zero-waste, sustainable lifestyle dry goods and grocery store that newly opened in Washington Washington (AFP) – Toothpaste tabs plunk into a jar. Maple …Read More »
  • Jon Hamm joins Mean Girls musical movie

    Jon Hamm joins Mean Girls musical movie

    Published by BANG Showbiz English Jon Hamm has joined the cast of the ‘Mean Girls’ musical movie. The 52-year-old actor will take on the role of Coach Carr, the gym coach and incompetent sex-ed teacher, in …Read More »
  • Pope expands measures to fight sexual abuse in the Church

    Pope expands measures to fight sexual abuse in the Church

    Published by DPA Pope Francis arrives for the audience of the faithful from the parishes of Rho in the Paul VI hall. Evandro Inetti/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa Almost four years after Pope Francis issued tougher measures against …Read More »
  • AI chatbot company Replika restores erotic roleplay for some users

    AI chatbot company Replika restores erotic roleplay for some users

    Published by Reuters By Anna Tong -AI chatbot company Replika is restoring erotic roleplay for some users, Replika CEO Eugenia Kuyda said late on Friday. The company’s recent removal of adult content, featured in a Reuters …Read More »
Previous Post: « Don Lemon Accuser Forced To Pay CNN Anchor $77k In Legal Fees As Court Battle Heats Up
Next Post: Is Aunt Cait The New Uncle Tom? Caitlyn Jenner Joins Fox News for Clout , To Build Career Attacking LGBTQ Equality. Dropped by ‘Kardashians’ »

Primary Sidebar

Adjacent News

  • Rep. George Santos admits to fraud, using stolen checks

    Rep. George Santos admits to fraud, using stolen checks

  • Trump’s yawn-inducing Waco ‘pity party’ buried by former GOP adviser

    Trump’s yawn-inducing Waco ‘pity party’ buried by former GOP adviser

  • Beyoncé and Balmain’s Olivier Rousteing Create Couture Collaboration Inspired by ‘Renaissance’

    Beyoncé and Balmain’s Olivier Rousteing Create Couture Collaboration Inspired by ‘Renaissance’

Good Trash: Going to Read It Somewhere, Y'know

  • Harry Styles, Emily Ratajkowski And Olivia Wilde Spark ‘Throuple’ Chatter In Hollywood After Wild Make-Out Session Caught On Video

    Harry Styles, Emily Ratajkowski And Olivia Wilde Spark ‘Throuple’ Chatter In Hollywood After Wild Make-Out Session Caught On Video

  • Jennifer Aniston Recalls Cher Poking Fun At Her For Eating All The Cold Cuts In Her Home During Actress’ High School Days

    Jennifer Aniston Recalls Cher Poking Fun At Her For Eating All The Cold Cuts In Her Home During Actress’ High School Days

  • Tony Robinson recalls Miriam Margolyes ‘sexual encounter’: ‘You put your hand down my trousers’

    Tony Robinson recalls Miriam Margolyes ‘sexual encounter’: ‘You put your hand down my trousers’

RSS Partner Links

  • An error has occurred, which probably means the feed is down. Try again later.

Most Recent

  • Tucker Carlson Backtracks After Claiming He ‘Passionately’ Hates Donald Trump: ‘I Love’ Him ‘As A Person’

    Tucker Carlson Backtracks After Claiming He ‘Passionately’ Hates Donald Trump: ‘I Love’ Him ‘As A Person’

  • Toothpaste tablets and syrup on tap: US refill shops cut the container

    Toothpaste tablets and syrup on tap: US refill shops cut the container

  • Jon Hamm joins Mean Girls musical movie

    Jon Hamm joins Mean Girls musical movie

  • Pope expands measures to fight sexual abuse in the Church

    Pope expands measures to fight sexual abuse in the Church

  • AI chatbot company Replika restores erotic roleplay for some users

    AI chatbot company Replika restores erotic roleplay for some users

  • Sarah Michelle Gellar’s ‘so proud’ of Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s legacy

    Sarah Michelle Gellar’s ‘so proud’ of Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s legacy

  • US House speaker says lawmakers to move forward with TikTok bill

    US House speaker says lawmakers to move forward with TikTok bill

  • Trump loyalists flock to Waco for election rally overshadowed by legal threats

    Trump loyalists flock to Waco for election rally overshadowed by legal threats

Most Commented

Social

Twitter @tlrd | Facebook | Instagram @tlrd

Footer

Copyright © 2023 · Log in

×