The Social Security Administration (SSA) said it will now allow people to change the sex marker on their Social Security number record without providing documentation of their sex designation. The change went into effect immediately.
it will now allow people to change the sex marker on their Social Security number record without providing documentation of their sex designation. The change was announced Wednesday, and went into effect immediately.includes a commitment to decrease administrative burdens and ensure people who identify as gender diverse or transgender have options in the Social Security Number card application process," Kilolo Kijakazi, the acting commissioner of the SSA, said in the press release.
Under the updated policy, applicants "will still need to show a current document to prove their identity, but they will no longer need to provide medical or legal documentation of their sex designation," the SSA said. Additionally, the sex listed on one's proof of identity document does not need to match the requested change.
While the SSA is currently only allowing for the sex designation to be changed to either male or female, the agency is "exploring possible future policy and systems updates to support an 'X' sex designation for the SSN card application process."that U.S. citizens applying for passports would be able to select an "X" sex designation, which would allow non-binary, transgender, intersex, and gender diverse people to select a sex option that is neither male nor female.
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