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In the table below, countries are listed in alphabetical order, with a traffic light based colour code to make it easier to skim: | In the table below, countries are listed in alphabetical order, with a traffic light based colour code to make it easier to skim: | ||
* <span style="color: #6cc>Blue</span> means it's friendly to nonbinary people. | * <span style="color: #6cc">Blue(#9FF)</span> means it's friendly to nonbinary people. | ||
* <span style="color: #cc8>Yellow</span> means it's somewhat friendly to nonbinary people, | * <span style="color: #cc8">Yellow(#FFB)</span> means it's somewhat friendly to nonbinary people. | ||
* <span style="color: #f99>Red</span> means it's not friendly at all to nonbinary people. | * <span style="color: #060">Dark Green(#080)</span> means the country is divided on giving nonbinary people their rights, with a general acceptance. | ||
* <span style="color: #B40">Orange(#E80)</span> means the country is divided on giving nonbinary people their rights, with a general denial of rights. | |||
* <span style="color: #f99">Red(#F99)</span> means it's not friendly at all to nonbinary people. | |||
* '''white background''' means we don't have information about this yet, or some other situation (describe). | * '''white background''' means we don't have information about this yet, or some other situation (describe). | ||
* <span style="color: #909>Purple</span> means the it does not allow nonbinary options, but it has not made any statements or laws against nonbinary people. | * <span style="color: #909>Purple</span> means the it does not allow nonbinary options, but it has not made any statements or laws against nonbinary people. | ||
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| [[Recognition (USA)|United States of America]] | | [[Recognition (USA)|United States of America]] | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;" | All US official identity documents (passports, birth certificates, driver's licenses, and so on) that record gender (called "sex" in those documents) require people to be called either female or male, with no nonbinary options. This makes problems not only for people who have always lived in the country. The US State Department has no process for dealing with people who have nonbinary passports from other countries.<ref>Jenny Kutner. "U.S. State Department has no process for accepting transgender passports." May 7, 2015. Salon. http://www.salon.com/2015/05/07/u_s_state_department_has_no_process_for_accepting_transgender_passports/</ref> In 2016, Jamie Shupe of Oregon became the first person in the USA whose legal sex is "non-binary,"<ref>Casey Parks, "Oregon court allows person to change sex from 'female' to 'non-binary'." June 10, 2016. The Oregonian (news). http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2016/06/oregon_court_allows_person_to.html</ref> and uses identity documents that typically don't display sex (military retiree and social security cards), but the DMV doesn't yet allow nonbinary driver's licenses.<ref>Bob Heye, "Oregon DMV says they can't issue driver's license for non-binary individual." Katu News. http://local21news.com/news/local/oregon-dmv-says-they-cant-issue-drivers-license-for-non-binary-individual</ref> | | style="background-color:#f99;" | All US official identity documents (passports, birth certificates, driver's licenses, and so on) that record gender (called "sex" in those documents) require people to be called either female or male, with no nonbinary options. This makes problems not only for people who have always lived in the country. The US State Department has no process for dealing with people who have nonbinary passports from other countries.<ref>Jenny Kutner. "U.S. State Department has no process for accepting transgender passports." May 7, 2015. Salon. http://www.salon.com/2015/05/07/u_s_state_department_has_no_process_for_accepting_transgender_passports/</ref> In 2016, Jamie Shupe of Oregon became the first person in the USA whose legal sex is "non-binary,"<ref>Casey Parks, "Oregon court allows person to change sex from 'female' to 'non-binary'." June 10, 2016. The Oregonian (news). http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2016/06/oregon_court_allows_person_to.html</ref> and uses identity documents that typically don't display sex (military retiree and social security cards), but the DMV doesn't yet allow nonbinary driver's licenses.<ref>Bob Heye, "Oregon DMV says they can't issue driver's license for non-binary individual." Katu News. http://local21news.com/news/local/oregon-dmv-says-they-cant-issue-drivers-license-for-non-binary-individual</ref> | ||
| style="background-color:# | | style="background-color:#F81;" | Each state has different laws regarding legal transition. Most states require proof of surgery in order to legally transition, and the rest require a letter from a doctor saying you've had some kind of transition. | ||
| <p>In the USA, documents and ID rarely show a person's title.</p><p>The U.S. Department of State made multiple public statements of hatred against nonbinary Americans. <ref>https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/passports/information/gender.html</ref> | | <p>In the USA, documents and ID rarely show a person's title.</p><p>The U.S. Department of State made multiple public statements of hatred against nonbinary Americans. <ref>https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/passports/information/gender.html</ref> | ||
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