Gender recognition: Difference between revisions

| style="background-color:#9ff;" | Since September 2017, Malta can issue official identity documents with X as a gender marker. On January 2018, Malta released the first passport with an 'X' as a gender marker.<ref name="Sansone2018">{{Cite web |title=Malta releases first passport with neutral 'X' gender marker |last=Sansone |first=Kurt |work=Malta Today |date=23 January 2018 |access-date=26 September 2021 |url= https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/83920/malta_releases_first_passport_with_neutral_x_gender_marker}}</ref>

| style="background-color:#9ff;" |  The only requirement for a neutral gender marker is an oath in front of a notary.<ref name="Sansone2018" />

| style="background-color:#9ff;" |  Allows passports to use a third gender marker, called "other", which includes all transgender and nonbinary people.<ref name="Lim2015">{{Cite web |title=Nepal Passports Will Offer a 3rd Gender Option |last=Lim |first=Clarissa-Jan |work=Bustle |date=8 January 2015 |access-date=26 September 2021 |url= https://www.bustle.com/articles/57466-new-third-gender-option-on-nepal-passports-finally-protects-the-rights-of-lgbt-community}}</ref>

| style="background-color:#ffb;" |  Some states allow a third gender marked on official documents such as birth certificates or driving licenses. As for the federal government, the State Department announced in June 2021 that "The Department has begun moving towards adding a gender marker for non-binary, intersex, and gender non-conforming persons" for passports and Consular Reports of Birth Abroad (CRBA).<ref name="Blinken">{{Cite web |title=Proposing Changes to the Department's Policies on Gender on U.S. Passports and Consular Reports of Birth Abroad |last=Blinken |first=Antony J. |work=United States Department of State |date=30 June 2021 |access-date=26 September 2021 |url= https://www.state.gov/proposing-changes-to-the-departments-policies-on-gender-on-u-s-passports-and-consular-reports-of-birth-abroad/}}</ref> A government employee stated that the new gender marker would be available by the end of 2021.<ref name="Sanjana">{{Cite web |title=U.S. To Expand Passport Gender Markers For Nonbinary, Intersex Americans |last=Karanth |first=Sanjana |work=HuffPost |date=30 June 2021 |access-date=26 September 2021 |url= https://www.huffpost.com/entry/us-passport-gender-markers-nonbinary-intersex-lgbtq_n_60dcd4f2e4b04973e5c1fea9}}</ref>