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Title: Parentage goes 'gender neutral' on passport form
Post by: VanOcc on January 08, 2011, 01:11:38 PM
Post by: VanOcc on January 08, 2011, 01:11:38 PM
Parentage goes 'gender neutral' on passport form
by May Beth Sheridan and Ed O'Keefe
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/07/AR2011010706995.html (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/07/AR2011010706995.html)
"Goodbye, Mom and Dad. Hello, Parent One and Parent Two.
The State Department has decided to make U.S. passport application forms "gender neutral" by removing references to mother and father, officials said, in favor of language that describes one's parentage somewhat less tenderly.
The change is "in recognition of different types of families," according to a statement issued just before Christmas that drew widespread attention Friday after a Fox News report."
Sounds good to me!
by May Beth Sheridan and Ed O'Keefe
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/07/AR2011010706995.html (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/07/AR2011010706995.html)
"Goodbye, Mom and Dad. Hello, Parent One and Parent Two.
The State Department has decided to make U.S. passport application forms "gender neutral" by removing references to mother and father, officials said, in favor of language that describes one's parentage somewhat less tenderly.
The change is "in recognition of different types of families," according to a statement issued just before Christmas that drew widespread attention Friday after a Fox News report."
Sounds good to me!
Title: Re: Parentage goes 'gender neutral' on passport form
Post by: LordKAT on January 08, 2011, 05:18:04 PM
Post by: LordKAT on January 08, 2011, 05:18:04 PM
It also gets away from father being listed first as it is on almost anything.
Title: Re: Parentage goes 'gender neutral' on passport form
Post by: VanOcc on January 10, 2011, 12:33:31 PM
Post by: VanOcc on January 10, 2011, 12:33:31 PM
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