US Adding 3rd Gender To Passports

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@dood111 said
You are making a big deal over nothing, like most libs. Male/female on ID's of all sorts goes back forever why are you crying about it now?

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@sh76 said
I understand your point, but have we gotten to the point wherein gender is as politically charged a distinction as race and religion? Gee. I hope not.

Edit: Though I will point out that race is much harder to detect than gender (I have a nephew who is absolutely dark enough to pass for an Arab, for example), and religion is almost impossible to detect if there is any effort of concealment.

Why should one’s gender be on the passport anyway?

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@vivify said
Does it really make their job easier, though? How hard (normally) is it to tell gender if one isn't listed?

And if you *couldn't* tell, how would having gender listed on a passport help with anything?

Never ceases to amaze me, the inconsequential things the crowd here will find to whine about.
Only RHP dooshes would find some way to fault having male/female blocks on IDs or passports.
Buncha Karens.

@rajk999 said
How it will help ? Well a gender-neutral passport will help to make the US the laughing stock of the rest of the world. Also even when travellers land in another country, they will still have to fill out immigration forms which require a M/F box to be checked. In many parts of the world, anything other than straight male or female is frowned upon or persecuted. Often US travellers are clueless about the rules and customs of other countries.

@vivify said
In other words, you can't name anything listing gender would help with.

@rajk999 said
Yes. In the case of a body search of a female you would have to get female security officials to do it. Is that not obvious.?