Enkulumweni yanamuhla kwabezindaba, uNobhala Wezwe wase-US u-Antony Blinken umemezele ukuthi kusukela ngo-Ephreli 11, 2022, uMnyango Wezwe LaseMelika uzonikeza inketho yesithathu, engakhethi bulili 'X' kumaphasipoti ase-US.
Izakhamizi zase-US ezikhetha iphasiphothi ye-'X gender' ngeke kudingeke ukuthi zinikeze noma yimaphi amadokhumenti ezokwelapha ukuze afakazele ukuthi abesilisa noma abesifazane, kusho u-Blinken.
Ngokwesitatimende somnyango, u-'X' umele labo 'abanobunikazi obungacacisiwe noma obunye ubulili,' incazelo u-Blinken athi 'ukuhlonipha ubumfihlo bomuntu ngamunye' ngenkathi ethuthukisa ukufakwa.'
Inketho entsha yobulili ethi 'X' kuphasiphothi yase-US ingenye yezinqubomgomo eziningi ezigxile ku-transgender ezikhishwe ngabaphathi be-Biden.
Eyokuqala ngqa iphasiphothi engathathi hlangothi ngobulili e-US empeleni ikhishwe ngo-Okthoba odlule, izinyanga ezintathu ngemuva kwe- UMnyango WezoMbuso wase-US yanikeza abakwa-trans American ithuba lokushintsha ubulili babo kuma-passport abo ngaphandle kokuhlinzeka ngemibhalo yezokwelapha ukuze bafakazele ushintsho lwabo. Ngaleso sikhathi, abaphathi be-Biden bathembisa ukunikeza abantu 'abangebona kanambambili' inketho yesithathu yobulili ekuqaleni kuka-2022, isinqumo esahlekwa usulu ku-inthanethi ngabalondolozi.
Isimemezelo soMnyango Wezwe size 'ngoSuku Lokubonakala Kwe-Transgender', umcimbi owadalwa abakhankasi be-transgender ngo-2009 futhi manje ogujwa ngokugqamile amaDemocrats e-US.
Eceleni kwesimemezelo samaphasiphothi soMnyango Wezwe, uMnyango Wezokuphepha Kwasekhaya uthe ngoLwesine uzokwethula "izinqubo zokuhlola ezisebenza kahle kakhulu, ezingahlaseli kancane" kubahambi abadlulayo, futhi "ukhuthaze ukusetshenziswa nokwamukelwa komaka 'X' wobulili" yizinkampani zezindiza.
I-Argentina, i-Canada, ne-New Zealand zonke zikhipha ama-passport afanayo angathathi hlangothi ngobulili, kuyilapho amanye amazwe angaphezu kweshumi nambili ekhipha ama-passport obulili besithathu kubantu bobulili obuhlukile noma abantu abangenabo kanambambili kwezinye izimo.