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Change to Passports Beginning This Month – Does It Affect You?
It's time for me to change my passport. Well, not exactly change it as much as I need to get a new one because mine has expired. They last for 10 years, you'd think that I would have been paying more attention and get it renewed on time, right?
If you are in need of a passport (I feel like everyone should have one) you have another option now as far as the gender that you check. There is now male, female or other. You can just put an X. As in gender X. This would be for people who identify a non-binary.
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The Department of State is trying to make a travel experience a good one for all who want to travel regardless of gender identity. This change went into effect this week, April 11th. So, if you are in need of a passport and you don't identify as either male or female, now there is another option.
For more information on this change, you can check out the Department of State website.
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