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GENDER X: Canada Now Allows Citizens To Select Third Gender Option On Passports

Emily Zanotti

On Thursday, Canada became the first North American country to offer a third gender option on passports to individuals who do not identify as either male or female.

Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen told Canadian state news organizations that the move is part of a government-wide effort to make all documents gender neutral, to allow Canadians to “express their gender as they choose.”

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