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FILE - This July 20, 2016 file photo shows Dana Zzyym, of Fort Collins, Colo., outside the federal courthouse in Denver. On Wednesday, May 15, 2019, nine state attorneys general asked a federal appeals court in Denver to allow Zzyym to get a passport listing Zzyym's gender as nonbinary instead of male or female. Zzyym was born with ambiguous physical sexual characteristics and identifies as nonbinary in gender. The State Department refused Zzyym's application. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

9 states side with intersex Coloradan seeking US passport

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FILE - In this July 20, 2016 file photo, Dana Zzyym, of Fort Collins, Colo., talks about the arguments in a hearing on Zzyym's lawsuit requiring people to pick a gender to get a passport outside the U.S. Federal Courthouse in Denver. A judge has ruled that U.S. officials cannot deny a passport application from the intersex Colorado resident based solely on a refusal to select male or female for gender. U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson said in a ruling released Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018, that the U.S. State Department was arbitrary in rejecting the application and violated federal law. Zzyym was born with ambiguous sexual characteristics and doesn't identify as male or female. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Judge: US can’t deny passport over refusing to pick gender

By KATHLEEN FOODY - Associated Press

In this July 20, 2016 file photo, Dana Zzyym, of Fort Collins, Colo., talks about the arguments in a hearing on Zzyym's lawsuit requiring people to pick a gender to get a passport outside the U.S. Federal Courthouse in Denver. A judge has ruled that U.S. officials cannot deny a passport application from the intersex Colorado resident based solely on a refusal to select male or female for gender. U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson said in a ruling released Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018, that the U.S. State Department was arbitrary in rejecting the application and violated federal law. Zzyym was born with ambiguous sexual characteristics and doesn't identify as male or female. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) **FILE**

Dana Zzyym, intersex person, can’t be denied passport, judge rules

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Dana Zzyym, of Fort Collins, Colo., talks about the arguments in a hearing on Zzyym's lawsuit requiring people to pick a gender to get a passport outside the U.S. Federal Courthouse early Wednesday, July 20, 2016 in Denver. Zzyym, who was born with ambiguous sex characteristics, claims that requiring people to designate their sex to get a passport is discriminatory. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Federal judge urges settlement in passport gender case

By Colleen Slevin and Thomas Peipert - Associated Press

Dana Zzyym, right, the plaintiff in a federal discrimination lawsuit filed by Lambda Legal against the U.S. State Department seeking more gender options for passports, is followed by Paul D. Castillo, staff attorney in the South Central Regional Office of Lambda Legal in Dallas, after a news conference about the case Monday, Oct. 26, 2015, in Denver. Zzyym, an intersex person, was denied a U.S. passport for refusing to check either male or female on the application form. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Lawsuit seeks 3rd option besides male, female on US passport

By COLLEEN SLEVIN - Associated Press