There is a petition on the UK Parliament website to legally recognise nonbinary as a gender – which would include an X marker on UK passports for nonbinary people.

So, unfortunately, there's a treaty for passport standardisation which requires gender information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine-readable_passport

Getting an X in the UK is easier than changing the treaty is easier than getting rid of borders.

celesteh@hachyderm.io

@syhr @mynameistillian @radioclash

Updating one's documentation is always a tradeoff. For many trans people, trying to travel on an unupdated passport means enduring a _lot_ of harassment and potentially being denied entry or exit (and thus getting stranded overseas).

The X option will make travel easier for some people and may also be a way that some cis people might express solidarity.

syhr@social.coop

@celesteh @sunflowerinrain Good to know!

sirjoho@noauthority.social

@syhr @sunflowerinrain gender on ID saves lives. medical treatment is very different between male and female, and in an emergency having that information could easily be the difference between life and death. they probably should list your blood-type too.

pedestrianerror@towns.gay

@syhr Why are people fighting for this instead of to eliminate gender markers? The only reason to put a gender marker on anyone's document is to give authorities a license to discriminate.

syhr@social.coop

@PedestrianError There's been some discussion about that under the toot

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There is a petition on the UK Parliament website to legally recognise nonbinary as a gender – which would include an X marker on UK passports for nonbinary people.