[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/you-can-now-get-a-nonbinary-x-marker-on-your-id-in-indiana\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/you-can-now-get-a-nonbinary-x-marker-on-your-id-in-indiana\/","headline":"You can now get a nonbinary X marker on your ID in Indiana","name":"You can now get a nonbinary X marker on your ID in Indiana","description":"Indiana has become the latest state to allow transgender and nonbinary residents to apply for an \u201cX\u201d marker on their state-issued IDs.","datePublished":"2019-03-13","dateModified":"2019-03-13","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/alainaleary\/#Person","name":"Fin Leary","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/alainaleary\/","identifier":6376,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2d51014ed1230c3de5b543787b5bebf7ad45072e559a4cdb76347a56854d47a4?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2d51014ed1230c3de5b543787b5bebf7ad45072e559a4cdb76347a56854d47a4?s=96&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Equally Wed","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","url":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","width":218,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/nicole-harrington-62045-unsplash-e1552464342209.jpg","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/nicole-harrington-62045-unsplash-e1552464342209.jpg","height":696,"width":1200},"url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/you-can-now-get-a-nonbinary-x-marker-on-your-id-in-indiana\/","about":["News"],"wordCount":334,"keywords":["driver's license","gender-neutral","ID","identification","IDs","Indiana","Mike Pence","nonbinary","state ID","X marker"],"articleBody":"Indiana, the state where Mike Pence was formerly governer, has begun quietly issuing nonbinary IDs. The state has become the latest to offer its residents the gender-neutral “X” marker as an option on driver’s licenses and other state-issued IDs, an Indiana Department of Motor Vehicle spokesperson told NBC News.The state started issuing the new IDs earlier this March, says\u00a0spokesperson Susie Geyer. “The \u2018X\u2019 designation is in response to constituents requesting a nonbinary marker,\u201d Geyer tells NBC News. “Indiana has joined other states and industry groups, such as the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, that already recognize the designation.\u201dThis change came as a result of legal action and nearly two years of advocacy. Katherine Wood, an attorney with Indiana Legal Services, has been working to change state policy on ID gender markers since January 2017. Indiana Legal Services threatened legal action against the BMV.\u201cIn a state known for its anti-LGBTQ laws, policies, and politicians, the BMV chose to recognize people with nonbinary genders without a legal battle,\u201d Megan Stuart, the LGBTQ+ project director at ILS, tells NBC News.At least two people have received the new IDs, Stuart says\u2014and one of them is Ash Kulak, a nonbinary public defender who worked with Wood to advocate for these inclusive IDs.\u201cI like knowing that I can hand over my ID and not have someone immediately know what a doctor thought about my sex assigned at birth, not have someone from an institution try to confirm their suspicions about what I could possibly be,\u201d Kulak tells NBC News.Six other states (plus Washington, D.C.) currently allow transgender and nonbinary people to apply for gender markers other than “M” or “F” on their state-issued IDs:\u00a0Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Minnesota and Oregon.\u00a0New York City Mayor de Blasio also recently announced that New York City would allow its residents to\u00a0use an “X” gender marker\u00a0on its ID cards, six months after the city announced the same option on birth certificates."},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"You can now get a nonbinary X marker on your ID in Indiana","item":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/you-can-now-get-a-nonbinary-x-marker-on-your-id-in-indiana\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]