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Airlines, Including Delta, to Add New Gender Options for Non-Binary Passengers

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Airlines for America told The Daily Beast that it has approved a new international standard that will allow for ‘unspecified’ and ‘undisclosed’ in addition to ‘male’ or ‘female.’

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Airlines for America, the industry trade group representing the country’s largest airlines, will add new gender options in order to accommodate non-binary passengers who have “X” on their IDs, The Daily Beast can confirm.

Airlines for America, or A4A, told The Daily Beast that it “recently approved a new international standard...

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