Gender X

The bills focus on supporting transgender, gender-nonconforming, and non-binary New Yorkers.

The “X” option for licenses, learner’s permits and non-driver identification cards is being implemented in conjunction with a state law approved last June. Proponents of the change had argued that limiting gender identity on licenses to either male or female discriminated against nonbinary New Yorkers.

Gender data in recording COVID-19 cases have been limited to male or female — that's changing in New York.Penny Sterling is a trans woman. She says that…