Democrats care more about feelings than National Security. An estimated 17,000 individuals “will request” an “X” gender marker on their passports this year alone, according to an analysis by the Williams Institute, an LGBTQ+ public policy think tank.
Currently, only 21 states and the District of Columbia allow an “X” gender marker on their driver’s licenses, and the state department announced last week that the new gender marker on U.S. passports will be available beginning April 11.
The state department added the “X” option will also be available on other forms of documentation beginning sometime next year. The think tank says the nearly 17,000 people requesting the “X” represents roughly 1.4 percent of the country’s nonbinary LGBTQ+ population.
Last week the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said it was working to add an “X” gender marker for its TSA PreCheck application and it should be ready by the end of the year. Despite the country’s pandering to those who do not identify as male or female, The Hill writes “other research has found that individuals are more likely to be questioned by agents with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) if the gender marker on their passport is incorrect, making it more difficult to navigate public spaces like security checkpoints.”
The Hill also reported on a 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey which concluded that nearly a third of trans people who presented an identity document with a name or gender inconsistent with their perceived gender reported being harassed, assaulted or discriminated against.”
In Vermont, over 30 percent of the state’s nonbinary LGBTQ+ population has gender-neutral driver’s licenses. Virginia issues the largest number of “X” gender driver’s licenses per year, according to the Williams Institute.