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]
- ↑ Bermudez, Nadia P. (November 8, 2017). "California's Gender Recognition Act and Impact on Employers - Klinedinst". Klinedinst Attorneys. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
- ↑ Transgender Law Center (2018). "Fact Sheet: California's Gender Recognition Act (SB 179)". Retrieved May 14, 2020.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Norwood, Candice (June 2019). "How Governments Are Transitioning Their Gender Policies to Nonbinary". governing.com. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ↑ "Malta Becomes Latest Country to Allow Non-Binary Option on Passports". INTO. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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.