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# UK Supreme Court hears gender-neutral passports case
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/uk-supreme-court-hears-gender-neutral-passports-case/
- Published: 2021-07-13T13:30:23.000Z
- Updated: 2021-07-13T11:51:08.000Z
- Description: The UK Supreme Court has begun hearing a case for the distribution of gender-neutral passports.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Queer Corner, Christie Elan-Cane, Gender Neutral passports, Gender non-conforming, LGBTQ, Non-binary, UK

The UK Supreme Court has begun hearing a case for the distribution of gender-neutral passports, as brought forward by non-gendered person, [Christie Elan-Cane](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/uks-highest-court-to-hear-case-on-gender-neutral-passports/). Elan-Cane, who uses per/perself pronouns, first requested a passport without an ‘M’ or ‘F’ marker in 1995, and has campaigned for gender-neutral passports ever since.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/christie-elan-cane-1.jpg)

Christie Elan-Cane

Per previous attempts to add a third option to passports were unsuccessful after the Home Office’s Court of Appeal said the current regulations are not unlawful. During the [most recent hearing](https://www.supremecourt.uk/live/court-01.html?ref=scenemag.co.uk), Elan-Cane’s barrister, Kate Gallafent, said: *“There is nothing controversial per se about having a passport where the sex is unspecified…The appellant has a right to live as a non-binary, or more particularly a non-gendered, person.”*

Gallafent also pointed out that a handful of other countries, such as India and Pakistan, allow for more than two gender options on passports. 20 US states have also introduced gender-neutral passports. The case is now due to continue, with Elan-Cane arguing that it is discriminatory for the Home Office to refuse to offer passports with an ‘X’ marker.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/christie-elan-cane-1-1.jpg)