Translations:History of nonbinary gender/85/en

2017

  • In the USA, California passed the 2017 Gender Recognition Act "to ensure that intersex, transgender, and nonbinary people have state-issued identification documents that provide full legal recognition of their accurate gender identity."[1][2]
  • In June 2017, USA's District of Colombia began to offer nonbinary driver's licenses and identification cards.[3] Activist Shige Sakurai was the first to receive one of these "X"-marked licenses.[4] Soon after, the state of Oregon also began to issue gender-neutral IDs.[3]
  • The country of Malta began to offer "X" gender markers on passports and other documents.[5]
  • Popular musician Sam Smith came out stating in an interview that "I don't know what the title would be but I feel just as much woman as I am man." [6]
  • In Germany, a person petitioned the registry office to change the gender on their birth record from "female" to "diverse". In regard to this case, the German Constitutional Court made a judgement suggesting "waiving the mandatory entry of gender in registries, or offering a different option besides male or female", reasoning that "denial of recognition of a non-binary gender identity does endanger the constitutionally protected free personality development."[7]
  1. Bermudez, Nadia P. (November 8, 2017). "California's Gender Recognition Act and Impact on Employers - Klinedinst". Klinedinst Attorneys. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  2. Transgender Law Center (2018). "Fact Sheet: California's Gender Recognition Act (SB 179)". Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Stein, Perry (30 June 2017). "Meet the first person in the country to officially receive a gender-neutral driver's license". Washington Post. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  4. Norwood, Candice (June 2019). "How Governments Are Transitioning Their Gender Policies to Nonbinary". governing.com. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  5. "Malta Becomes Latest Country to Allow Non-Binary Option on Passports". INTO. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  6. Besanvalle, James (22 October 2017). "Sam Smith on his gender identity: 'I feel just as much woman as I am man'". Gay Star News. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  7. "Joint Statement: Civil Society welcomes ground-breaking German Constitutional Court demand for a new regulation of sex registration". TGEU. 8 November 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2020.