Belgium allows people to remove gender marker from official documents

Belgium allows people to remove gender marker from official documents

While falling short of introducing a third gender marker option (X) on identity cards, Belgium will allow individuals to request to have the marker removed completely from their documents. The decision comes after years of political deadlock, with LGBTQ+ activists criticising the move, saying that it doesn’t provide true recognition for non-binary people.

Belgium will opt for two types of identity cards, the Minister of the Interior Bernard Quintin (MR) said on Tuesday. Non-binary people, i.e. those who do not identify themselves as men or women, will be able to choose to remove the gender statement on their identity card. According to Liesbet Stevens, director of the Institute for Equality between Women and Men (IEFH), this is not the ideal solution. In practice, this does not change much for th…

What identity card to allow non-binary people not to identify themselves as men or women?...

Belgium has opted for an alternative solution on identity cards: to allow non-binary people to completely remove the mention of gender from their official document.