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Victory! State Department Cannot Rely on its Binary-Only Gender Policy to Deny Passport to Nonbinary Intersex Citizen

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By Lambda Legal

September 19, 2018

A U.S. District Court Judge today ruled that the U.S. State Department exceeded its authority under the Passport Act of 1926 when it denied a passport to Lambda Legal client Dana Zzyym, a U.S. Navy veteran who is intersex and non-binary, and does not identify as male or female.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Intersex, Transgender Rights, Colorado
Intersex-Affirming Hospital Policy Guide Published Following First U.S. Legislative Acknowledgement of Non-consensual Surgical Procedures on Intersex People

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By Lambda Legal

September 13, 2018

interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth, Lambda Legal, and Proskauer Rose LLP have released the nation’s first intersex-affirming hospital policy guide, offering concrete steps for medical providers to provide sensitive, non-discriminatory care to intersex patients.

See Also: Healthcare Fairness, Intersex, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, United States
The State Department Is Still Refusing to Issue an Accurate Passport to This Navy Veteran

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By Lambda Legal

May 29, 2018

Lambda Legal returned to federal district court today to argue once again on behalf of U.S. citizen and Navy veteran Dana Zzyym, an intersex person whose gender identity is neither male nor female to whom the U.S. State Department refuses to issue an accurate passport.

See Also: Intersex, Colorado
Lambda Legal Continues Fight on Behalf of Intersex Citizen Denied a U.S. Passport

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By Lambda Legal

October 10, 2017

Lambda Legal returned to federal court today on behalf of Dana Zzyym, an intersex citizen and U.S. Navy veteran denied a passport because the U.S. State Department refuses to recognize a gender marker that is neither male nor female.

See Also: Intersex, Intersex Rights, Colorado
Court Reopens Lambda Legal Case of Intersex Citizen Denied a Passport

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By Lambda Legal

June 27, 2017

A federal district court in Denver today granted Lambda Legal’s motion to reopen the case of Dana Zzyym, the intersex citizen and U.S. Navy veteran denied a passport because the U.S. State Department continues to refuse to recognize a gender marker that is neither “M” (male) nor “F” (female).

See Also: Intersex, Colorado
State Department Again Denies Intersex Citizen Passport, Even After Federal Court Tells It To Reconsider Policy

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By Lambda Legal

June 26, 2017

The U.S. State Department continues to refuse to recognize a gender marker that is neither “M” (male) nor “F” (female).

See Also: Intersex, Intersex Rights, Colorado
It's Intersex Awareness Day!

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By Lambda Legal

October 26, 2016

Twenty years ago today, intersex activists took to the streets of Boston and demonstrated outside a conference of the American Academy of Pediatrics. It was the first public demonstration by intersex people in North America — an event commemorated yearly as Intersex Awareness Day.

See Also: Intersex, Intersex Awareness Day, Intersex Rights
U.S. State Department Passport Policies “Absurd,” Lambda Legal Tells Court

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By Lambda Legal

April 22, 2016

Lambda Legal today urged the U.S. District Court in Colorado to deny the federal government’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit Lambda Legal filed on behalf of an intersex client, Dana Zzyym. The U.S.

See Also: Intersex, Transgender Rights, Colorado
Ask Lambda Legal — What does “intersex” mean?

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By Paul D. Castillo

November 10, 2015

Intersex is an umbrella term used to describe a wide range of natural bodily variations. Intersex people are born with sex characteristics that do not fit typical binary notions of bodies designated “male” or “female.” In some cases, intersex traits are visible at birth, while in others they are not apparent until puberty. Some intersex variations may not be visibly apparent at all.

See Also: Ask Lambda Legal, Intersex, Intersex Rights

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