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| pronouns=[[they/them]]<ref name="lambda">{{Cite web |title=10th Circuit Court Orders State Department to Reconsider Decision to Deny Intersex Vet an Accurate Passport |author= |work=Lambda Legal |date=12 May 2020 |access-date=1 June 2020 |url= https://www.lambdalegal.org/blog/20200512_10th-circuit-orders-state-dept-to-reconsider-zzyym | | pronouns=[[they/them]]<ref name="lambda">{{Cite web |title=10th Circuit Court Orders State Department to Reconsider Decision to Deny Intersex Vet an Accurate Passport |author= |work=Lambda Legal |date=12 May 2020 |access-date=1 June 2020 |url= https://www.lambdalegal.org/blog/20200512_10th-circuit-orders-state-dept-to-reconsider-zzyym}}</ref> | ||
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'''Dana Zzyym''' is an [[intersex]] activist and former sailor. In the lawsuit Zzyym v. Pompeo, they were the first military veteran in the United States to seek a nonbinary [[Legal gender|gender marker on their U.S. passport]].<ref name="Nemir">{{Cite web |title=Intersex and Non-Binary in America: A Q&A With Dana Zzyym |last=Nemir |first=Samy |work=INTO |date=13 December 2018 |access-date=1 June 2020 |url= https://www.intomore.com/impact/intersex-and-non-binary-in-america-a-qa-with-dana-zzyym | '''Dana Zzyym''' is an [[intersex]] activist and former sailor. In the lawsuit Zzyym v. Pompeo, they were the first military veteran in the United States to seek a nonbinary [[Legal gender|gender marker on their U.S. passport]].<ref name="Nemir">{{Cite web |title=Intersex and Non-Binary in America: A Q&A With Dana Zzyym |last=Nemir |first=Samy |work=INTO |date=13 December 2018 |access-date=1 June 2020 |url= https://www.intomore.com/impact/intersex-and-non-binary-in-america-a-qa-with-dana-zzyym}}</ref> | ||
Zzyym had their application for a [[Recognition (USA)|passport]] denied due to refusing to select a binary gender option on the application form. With help from Lambda Legal, an LGBTQ+ legal assistance organization, a court ruled that denying Zzyym a passport was not within the U.S. State Department's authority.<ref name="Warnke">{{Cite web |title=Victory! State Department Cannot Rely on its Binary-Only Gender Policy to Deny Passport to Nonbinary Intersex Citizen |author=Warnke, Tom |work=Lambda Legal |date=19 September 2018 |access-date=6 October 2020 |url= https://www.lambdalegal.org/news/co_20180919_victory-state-department-cannot-rely-on-binary-only-gender-policy | Zzyym had their application for a [[Recognition (USA)|passport]] denied due to refusing to select a binary gender option on the application form. With help from Lambda Legal, an LGBTQ+ legal assistance organization, a court ruled that denying Zzyym a passport was not within the U.S. State Department's authority.<ref name="Warnke">{{Cite web |title=Victory! State Department Cannot Rely on its Binary-Only Gender Policy to Deny Passport to Nonbinary Intersex Citizen |author=Warnke, Tom |work=Lambda Legal |date=19 September 2018 |access-date=6 October 2020 |url= https://www.lambdalegal.org/news/co_20180919_victory-state-department-cannot-rely-on-binary-only-gender-policy}}</ref> | ||
Dana finally received their X-marked passport in late October of 2021, being the first person in the USA to receive such a passport.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The U.S. issues the first passport with a nonbinary gender 'X' option |last=Hernandez |first=Joe |work=NPR.org |date=27 October 2021 |access-date=28 October 2021 |url= https://www.npr.org/2021/10/27/1049690803/state-department-first-passport-with-nonbinary-gender-x-option | Dana finally received their X-marked passport in late October of 2021, being the first person in the USA to receive such a passport.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The U.S. issues the first passport with a nonbinary gender 'X' option |last=Hernandez |first=Joe |work=NPR.org |date=27 October 2021 |access-date=28 October 2021 |url= https://www.npr.org/2021/10/27/1049690803/state-department-first-passport-with-nonbinary-gender-x-option}}</ref> | ||
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