The gender-free British passport

[JasonBegheFanGirl]

Britain is preparing to rip up centuries-old rules by introducing passports which do not contain details of the holder’s sex.



The move, following pressure from the Lib Dems, is designed to spare transgender people and those who have both male and female sexual organs from having to tick ‘male’ or ‘female’ on their travel papers.

Full Article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...eelings-transgender-people.html#ixzz1YNeazaYo

 

[The Dragon Master]

Shouldn't there just be another option to pick on the form?

 

[Jazzy]

Here in the US one of the documents needed to obtain a passport is a Birth certificate. The Birth certificate certainly includes the gender information. Do you not have to have a Birth certificate in Britian to obtain a passport?

 

[Evil Eye]

Shouldn't there just be another option to pick on the form?

Why should it even be on there... they're not gonna check right?

 

[The Dragon Master]

Here in the US one of the documents needed to obtain a passport is a Birth certificate. The Birth certificate certainly includes the gender information. Do you not have to have a Birth certificate in Britian to obtain a passport?

Yep