5-16-2019

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — State Attorney General Bob Ferguson is among AG’s from nine states that have asked a federal appeals court to allow an intersex Colorado resident to get a passport listing the person’s gender as nonbinary instead of male or female.

Dana Zzyym requested a passport marked “X” for gender, instead of “M” or “F.”

Zzyym was born with ambiguous physical sexual characteristics and identifies as nonbinary in gender.

The State Department refused Zzyym’s application, saying it would be hard to verify identities of nonbinary people.