Tag: Gender Inclusivity

New York government identifications will now include “X” option for gender

New York government identifications will now include “X” option for gender

New York has been targeted for its non-inclusive gender labels on state documents. Democrat & Chronicle describes a case in March in which the New York Civil Liberties Union sued the state Office of Temporary Disability Assistance for lacking a nonbinary option on its application. ABC said that a 2015 survey found that, “Nearly two-thirds of transgender New Yorkers said none of their IDs had the name and gender they preferred.”

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