US Immigration Form Adds New Gender Option

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Source: Newsweek

Published Apr 01, 2024 at 6:19 PM EDT | Updated Apr 01, 2024 at 6:32 PM EDT


The recent addition of a third gender option on United States immigration applications sparked a new wave of criticism for the Biden administration.

The updated application, available on the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) website, as of Monday evening lists male, female and "another gender identity" as options on the form. While an archived web search by Newsweek shows that only male and female were available as choices on March 29, USCIS confirmed in a statement to Newsweek that the application is newly updated.

"On April 1, 2024, USCIS published a new edition of Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, which is the first USCIS form to include a third gender option, 'X', defined as 'Another Gender Identity,'" USCIS said in an email to Newsweek. "The X gender option is not currently available on any other forms."

The agency also noted that the "change supports USCIS' commitment to making naturalization accessible to all those who are eligible and, more generally, reducing any barriers to obtaining immigration benefits."

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/us-immigration-form-new-gender-option-1885767

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Link to USCIS ALERT - USCIS Provides Third Gender Option on Form N-400

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1. Well this should negate the persistent republican anti-trans, anti-LGBTQ+...

wedge arguments they're always railing against.

I mean since the US Immigration Dept. list a third gender option instead of just male and female, that should shut them up.

Of course it won't, but this new information is a great counter argument to their BS.

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2. Good. Those folks tend to be persecuted in a lot of countries.

They should definitely be allowed to apply for asylum, and allowed to accurately state their gender identity. They shouldn't be forced to pick male or female if they are neither, or if they are both.

[sybylla]

3. Nice to see following Trangender Day of Visibility

Unfortunately, if I were an immigrant trying to become naturalized, I might not choose the "other" until after Trump loses in November. You know they are getting deported or put in the camps in the first round up.