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Poland rejects inclusion of third gender in new EU identity cards

The Polish government will not include the possibility of a third gender – separate from male and female – when it implements new harmonised European Union identity cards. It says it does not want to be part of an “ideological revolution”, but some lawyers believe this could breach EU law and an opposition MP has promised legal action.

A regulation that comes into force on 1 August this year will replace and harmonise the various identity cards that currently exist in countries across the EU and European Economic Area (EEA).

The regulation states that countries “should be able to decide whether to include a person’s gender” on the document. However, if they do so, the letters “‘F’, ‘M’ or ‘X’ or the corresponding single initial used in the language or languages of that Member State should be used, as appropriate”.

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