New Year brings new gender option — ‘X’ — to NYC
NYC is now a 3-sex town
People born in New York City who don’t identify as either male or female can now change the gender on their birth certificates to “X.”
The city’s Health Department announced on Monday that beginning Tuesday, “non-binary” individuals will have an easier time with their documentation. Choices are now Male, Female and X.
Transgender is a term for people whose gender identity does not align with the sex they were assigned at birth.
A survey of transgender individuals carried out by the NYC Comptroller’s Office found that 9 percent of respondents live the Bronx, 29 percent in Brooklyn, 48 percent in Manhattan, 12 percent in Queens and 3 percent in Staten Island.