x
Breaking News
More () »

'X' gender NY driver's licenses coming with computer update

It could take more than a year before Department of Motor Vehicles computers will be able to automatically handle the option.
New York State driver's license

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York intends to offer driver’s licenses with a nonbinary gender identity marker of “X,” but it could take more than a year before Department of Motor Vehicles computers will be able to automatically handle the option.

State officials made the disclosure in papers filed in a federal lawsuit brought against them by Sander Saba, who is challenging the state policy of limiting gender identity on licenses to either “male” or “female.” 

Saba, a nonbinary transgender New York City resident, said in the lawsuit that the policy is discriminatory. The state recently moved to dismiss the lawsuit as moot.

Before You Leave, Check This Out