Recent Changes in the US state of New York will now allow people who do not identify as male or female to change their birth designation on their birth certificates to ‘X’ as of Wednesday.
The new legislation allows people outside the male or female gender designations to change their birth certificates gender without an affidavit from a doctor or mental health professionals and allow parents to choose a non-binary birth designation for their newborns at birth.
City Council Speaker Corey Johnson has stated that this new legislation makes the state more inclusive for all genders.
The legislation now allows New York to join other jurisdictions who have passed such laws however due to New York's size and status, this will be a significant step for the transgender movement.