The Massachusetts Senate has once again passed a bill (S.2533) that would allow people to put X as their gender on their birth certificate.
The proposal would allow adults to change their birth certificates so they no longer mention the person's biological sex. The X signifies that someone identifies as non-binary — meaning something other than male or female. The bill would also allow minors to change their gender on their birth certificate if they provide an affidavit from a parent or guardian.
U.S. Representative Jake Auchincloss (D-Newton) wants to make sure he doesn't get primaried in 2022.
Auchincloss won a nine-way Democratic primary in the state's Fourth Congressional District last year with about 22 percent of the vote. Auchincloss is taking many steps to prevent being primaried next year as a result, as Politico reports.
