Dec 06 2018

Recognition Map of Non-Binary Gender Identities

Key:
Blue: Friendly to nonbinary people
Yellow: It is somewhat friendly to nonbinary people
Light Green: Country allows non-specified options
Dark Green: Country is divided on giving nonbinary people their rights, with a general acceptance
Red/Orange: Country is divided on giving nonbinary people their rights, with a general denial of rights
Pink: Not friendly at all to nonbinary people
White: No information
Purple: Plans to be friendly to nonbinary people

      The recognition map above identifies “whether an organization acknowledges that non-binary identifying people exist and have valid identities” and which organizations do not force people to wrongly identify themselves as a binary gender. It is problematic that countries have different laws from each other because ambiguous legislation confuses non-binary identifying people in recognizing their rights.​


     Passports and other identification documents are an issue because some countries let people have non-binary gender markers and they cannot travel to countries that do not have the same passport laws. For example, Australia allows non-binary gender markers like X for unspecified, T for transgender, I for intersex, E for eunuch, or O for other. However, The United States has no process for non-binary gender identification. Even different states have different laws, complicating the issue. Some countries require proof of surgery to fully transition, or sterilization.

     The recognition map above identifies “whether an organization acknowledges that non-binary identifying people exist and have valid identities” and which organizations do not force people to wrongly identify themselves as a binary gender.  

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