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Malo
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Not sure what exactly I am doing here. Wanabe writer. I write in french. She/her - White - Cis Militante de la glandouille et de la sieste. Et aussi, je vouvoie les gens en ligne, c'est pas une posture, j'arrive juste pas à faire autrement.
![SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The application concerns the policy of His Majesty’s Passport Office to require applicants for a passport to declare their gender as “male” or “female”; and to not permit a passport to be issued with an “X” marker in the gender field, indicating gender “unspecified”, notwithstanding that this is permitted by the relevant International Civil Aviation Organisation standards and is available in a number of other jurisdictions.
The applicant, who identifies as “non-gendered”, complains that this policy breaches the right to respect for private life under Article 8 of the Convention, read alone and/or together with Article 14 of the Convention.
QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES
1. Is Article 8 of the Convention applicable to the facts of the present case? Has there been a violation of the applicant’s rights under that Article by virtue of the policy of His Majesty’s Passport Office to require applicants for a passport to declare their gender as “male” or “female”; and to not permit a passport to be issued with an “X” marker in the gender field, indicating gender “unspecified” (see, for example, Y. v. France, no. 76888/17, 31 January 2023)?
2. Has the applicant, as a person who identifies as “non-gendered”, suffered discrimination contrary to Article 14 of the Convention in conjunction with Article 8 on account of the said policy (see, for example, Hämäläinen v. Finland [GC], no. 37359/09, ECHR 2014, and Christine Goodwin v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 28957/95, ECHR 2002‑VI)?
3. Has the Government’s review of gender markers in official documents, which is being carried out by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, concluded? Have any other reviews been carried out on this issue subsequent to the hearing of the case by the Supreme Court on 12 and 13 July 2021?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6thjp7ee4xn3vnxkvembsali/bafkreifbj2tufhkxtlamukfmi7iwow2xkqvkobeetizcqerwwywz26dhne)
