Passport holders should not be forced to say they are male or female, says LGBT charity
UK PASSPORT holders should be able to identify themselves as X rather than male or female, a leading LGBT charity has said.
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Stonewall said the move would help transgender people and those who do not identify with a single gender, who can often face difficulty at passport control.
The recommendation is one of a series of changes recommended by the Stonewall Trans Advisory Group, as part of a five-year plan to create equality for trans people.
An LGBT charity has called for UK passport holders to be able to identify themselves as X
It said the move would help trans people who often face difficulties at passport controls
Tara Stone, a member of the group, told Radio 4's Today programme: "For trans people who identify as non binary, that is neither male or female or some combination thereof, it would give them an option that wasn't prescriptive, whereas the only options at the moment are prescriptive for them.
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The recommendation was part of a five-year plan to create equality by Stonewall Trans Advisory group
"It basically allows them to express their identity."
It basically allows them to express their identity
The measure has already been introduced in Australia and Ireland.
Tara Stone, a member of the group, said many transgender people identify as neither male or female
Other recommendations in the report include revising the Gender Recognition Act so people would not need medical evidence to get their gender recognised by law.
Further changes would reform the Equality Act to include "gender identity" as a protected characteristic, as well as removing the terms "gender reassignment" and "transsexual".
In Great Britain it is thought that 0.1 per cent of people say that they are transgender.