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# Activists urge Biden to introduce non-binary US passports
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/activists-urge-biden-to-introduce-non-binary-us-passports/
- Published: 2021-03-26T09:01:11.000Z
- Updated: 2021-03-25T13:48:36.000Z
- Description: The American Civil Liberties Union are calling for Joe Biden to introduce gender neutral passports.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Politics, Queer Corner, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Gender Neutral passports, Joe Biden, LGBTQ, Non-binary, Trans Day of Visibility, Transgender, US

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LGBTQ+ advocacy group, the **American Civil Liberties Union** (ACLU), is planning to deliver a [petition](https://action.aclu.org/petition/they-people-access-accurate-ids-now?ref=scenemag.co.uk) to **US** president **Joe Biden** on the **Trans Day of Visibility** (March 31), which calls for him to sign an executive order to introduce gender neutral passports for non-binary citizens. The petition, which has been signed by over 72,000, said the Trump administration *“intentionally and cruelly cut out trans and non-binary people”,* and urges Biden to reverse this damage.

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ACLU is asking Biden to introduce ‘X’ markers to US passports, so that non-binary citizens do not have to select either ‘M’ or ‘F’ to receive the document. ACLU says that the barriers trans and non-binary face when trying to access ID documents which align with their gender identity are likely to *“impact their safety and wellbeing.”* This issue disproportionately affects *“black trans people, who are more likely to face harassment when presenting an ID that does not match their presentation.”*

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Biden vowed to roll out gender neutral passports [earlier this year](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/us-to-issue-gender-neutral-passports/), with White House spokesperson, **Matt Hill**, saying: *“President Biden remains committed to advancing state and federal efforts that allow transgender and non-binary Americans to update their identification documents to accurately reflect their gender identity, especially as transgender and non-binary people continue to face harassment or are denied access to services because their identification documents don’t affirm their identity.”* So far, no date has been set as to when the passports will be officially introduced.