The D.C. DMV will start offering a third option for gender, “X,” on Tuesday, the first jurisdiction in the country to do so.

“It’s having my government recognize and not erase me. It’s about feeling like I exist and that what’s on my ID document is not false,”

“Gender is a spectrum and some of our residents do not identify as male or female. Current licenses force residents to conform to genders that don’t accurately reflect their identity.”