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Colombia adds non-binary gender option on passports

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Agence France-Presse

<p>Bogotá - Colombia has begun issuing passports with the gender option &quot;X,&quot; for people who identify as non-binary, the foreign ministry said Thursday.</p><p>&quot;The foreign ministry recognizes the diversity of genders,&quot; said Andrea Garzon, an official with the passport service, who announced the move in a video on the foreign ministry&#x27;s website.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/06/30/21/countries-that-allow-transgender-people-easy-status-change">Countries that allow transgender people easy status change</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/12/08/21/same-sex-marriage-now-legal-in-30-countries">Same-sex marriage now legal in 30 countries</a></li></ul><p>In March 2022, a Colombian court ruled that people should be able to have their gender registered as non-binary, rather than male or female, on official identity documents.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3qs1giLG6vI?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>In the following seven months, 26 people opted to make this change on their identity cards and birth certificates, according to official data.</p><p>Colombia, which has a population of 50 million, joins over a dozen other countries which allow this option, such as Australia, Pakistan, Nepal, New Zealand, Germany, Argentina, the United States, and Mexico.</p><div><strong>atm/hba/gm/hba/sf/ial/fb/acb</strong></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iju3YOPigLI?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Colombia has begun issuing passports with the gender option 'X,' for people who identify as non-binary, the foreign ministry said Thursday.