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April 11 Will Be a Big Day for Transgender Americans

State Department sets date for widespread introduction of gender-neutral passports

(Newser) - In what State Department special envoy for LGBTQ rights Jessica Stern calls a "momentous step," Americans will be able to select "X" as their gender on passport applications starting April 11. Stern says adding the gender-neutral option moves the US toward "ensuring that our administrative systems...

'X' Marks US Passport in a Big First
'X' Marks
US Passport
in a Big First

'X' Marks US Passport in a Big First

United States has issued one with 'X' gender designation instead of 'male' or 'female'

(Newser) - The US has issued its first passport with an "X" gender designation—a milestone in the recognition of the rights of people who don't identify as male or female—and expects to be able to offer the option more broadly next year, the State Department said Wednesday. The...

Sam Smith Adopts New Pronouns
Sam Smith
Adopts New
Pronouns

Sam Smith Adopts New Pronouns

Singer will use 'they/them' from now on

(Newser) - Sam Smith made a change Friday. "After a lifetime of being at war with my gender I've decided to embrace myself for who I am, inside and out," the English singer posted on Instagram , reports Good Morning America . "My pronouns are they/them." They came out...

James Woods Targets Parents of Gender Nonconforming Boy

'I never expected to get mom-shamed by James Woods'

(Newser) - "My brain couldn’t register that James Woods ... was saying that my sweet, happy, harmless 10-year-old son will eventually kill us," Lori Duron tells HuffPost . Duron has written an award-winning book and blog about raising her son CJ, who's identified as gender nonconforming since he was 5....

Teen Sues to Retake DMV Photo With Makeup

Chase Culpepper wears makeup and women's clothing

(Newser) - A 16-year-old in South Carolina wants a driver's license photo redo—but not to look better. Chase Culpepper, who describes himself as "gender nonconforming," says he wears makeup and women's clothing and jewelry every day, and that when he was forced to take off the makeup...

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