
The gender of the Dutch will however remain on their passport, a mention made compulsory by the European Union.
The gender of Dutch citizens will no longer be mentioned on their identity card in a few years, an inscription deemed "useless" by the Minister of Education, Culture and Science, Ingrid van Engelshoven. In a letter to Parliament, of which Agence France-Presse (AFP) was aware, on Saturday July 4, the Minister announced her intention to remove the inscription of the gender on identity papers "from 2024 / 2025 " .
“The Netherlands would not be the first member state [of the European Union] to have an identity card without mention of gender. The German identity card does not mention gender, ” writes Ingrid van Engelshoven. The Minister believes that citizens must be able to "shape their own identity and live it in complete freedom and security" .
Towards the recognition of a third genus
The gender of the Dutch will however remain on their passport, a mention made compulsory by the European Union.
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