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| Ministers to face court challenge over gender-neutral passports | Ministers to face court challenge over gender-neutral passports |
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| A campaigner has won permission to challenge the Home Office’s refusal to issue gender-neutral, or X, passports. | A campaigner has won permission to challenge the Home Office’s refusal to issue gender-neutral, or X, passports. |
| Christie Elan-Cane welcomed the decision by Mr Justice Gilbert in the high court in London that there will be a full legal review hearing of the government’s policy. | Christie Elan-Cane welcomed the decision by Mr Justice Gilbert in the high court in London that there will be a full legal review hearing of the government’s policy. |
| “I’m elated,” Elan-Cane, who has pursued the issue for more than 25 years, said after the preliminary hearing. “It’s just one stage but it’s going the right way.” | |
| UK passports currently restrict sex designations to male or female. Around 10 countries permit their citizens to opt for a third category, X, or unknown. X passports are approved by the ICAO, the UN agency which regulates international air travel. | UK passports currently restrict sex designations to male or female. Around 10 countries permit their citizens to opt for a third category, X, or unknown. X passports are approved by the ICAO, the UN agency which regulates international air travel. |
| No date has yet been set for the full high court hearing. | No date has yet been set for the full high court hearing. |
| Narind Singh, a partner at the law firm Clifford Chance which represented Elan-Cane on a pro bono basis, said: “We are delighted that the court has granted permission for a full hearing of this significant public interest case on the fundamentally important issue of the right to respect for individuals’ identity. | Narind Singh, a partner at the law firm Clifford Chance which represented Elan-Cane on a pro bono basis, said: “We are delighted that the court has granted permission for a full hearing of this significant public interest case on the fundamentally important issue of the right to respect for individuals’ identity. |
| “Gender identity is a fundamental part of an individual’s intimate, personal identity and X passports are a crucial step in the protection of the human rights of this group of individuals, who otherwise face an unacceptable choice between forgoing a passport, and making a false declaration, and using a passport which misrepresents their identity.” | “Gender identity is a fundamental part of an individual’s intimate, personal identity and X passports are a crucial step in the protection of the human rights of this group of individuals, who otherwise face an unacceptable choice between forgoing a passport, and making a false declaration, and using a passport which misrepresents their identity.” |