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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}}</ref>
    '''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 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>
    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>


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    Dana Zzyym
    Nationality American
    Pronouns they/them[1]
    Gender identity nonbinary
    Occupation associate director of Intersex Campaign for Equality[1]

    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 gender marker on their U.S. passport.[2]

    Zzyym had their application for a 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.[3]

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 "10th Circuit Court Orders State Department to Reconsider Decision to Deny Intersex Vet an Accurate Passport". Lambda Legal. 12 May 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
    2. Nemir, Samy (13 December 2018). "Intersex and Non-Binary in America: A Q&A With Dana Zzyym". INTO. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
    3. Warnke, Tom (19 September 2018). "Victory! State Department Cannot Rely on its Binary-Only Gender Policy to Deny Passport to Nonbinary Intersex Citizen". Lambda Legal. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
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