Puerto Rico Supreme Court allows 'X' as a third gender choice on birth certificates

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Source: NBC News/AP

June 3, 2025, 8:43 AM EDT


SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Activists on Monday celebrated a decision by Puerto Rico's Supreme Court to allow nonbinary and gender-nonconforming people to update their birth certificates.

The ruling comes after a group of six nonbinary people filed a lawsuit against Puerto Rico's governor, its health secretary and other officials.

The ruling means that nonbinary and gender-nonconforming people will now be able to select 'X' as their gender marker on birth certificates. Pedro Julio Serrano, president of Puerto Rico's LGBTQ Federation, called Friday's ruling a historic one that upholds equality.

Meanwhile, Gov. Jenniffer González Colón told reporters that she was awaiting recommendations from Puerto Rico's Justice Department regarding the ruling.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/puerto-rico-supreme-court-allows-x-third-gender-choice-birth-certifica-rcna210572

[pnwmom]

1. Including some (but not all) intersex people. nt

[JoseBalow]

2. Isn't that Elon's child's name?

[Iamscrewed]

3. Good trouble

I identify as human.

[hlthe2b]

4. Not arguing the merits, but isn't "X" the longheld means of signifying an indivdual cannnot read/write and

thus legally replaces their signature? Might another letter or symbol make more sense?

[BumRushDaShow]

5. There is a long history regarding the use and the call for the use of the "X" came out of that community

For Intersex Awareness Day: The History of the X Passport Marker