REGINA—Saskatchewan residents no longer have to specify their gender on driver’s licences and photo ID cards. Saskatchewan Government Insurance says in a statement that anyone who doesn’t identify as male or female can choose to mark an X on the documents. Alberta, Ontario, and Newfoundland and Labrador already offer their residents the option not to specify gender on their licences. Alberta, Ontario, and Newfoundland and Labrador already offer their residents the option not to specify gender on their licences. Last May, Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench ruled that the provincial government had to allow people to remove gender from their birth certificates.

Source: thestar March 25, 2019 19:41 UTC