The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. June 28, 2017 Washington, D.C., Begins Issuing First Gender-Neutral Driver's Licenses ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Washington, D.C., has begun issuing the nation's first gender-neutral driver's licenses, in a victory for LGBT activists. D.C. residents can now choose to have their gender marked as X, instead of either as male or female. The state of Oregon will also begin issuing gender-neutral driver's licenses and identification cards on July 1.