US airlines to offer non-binary gender options 3 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Agence France-PresseUS carriers will soon offer passengers additional options besides “male” and “female” when they buy tickets, an airlines trade association said Tuesday. Beginning June 1, members of Airlines for America, a trade group that represents most leading US carriers, will allow consumers to pick “unspecified” and “undisclosed” in addition to the traditional two options. Members of the association include American Airlines and Southwest Airlines. United Airlines, another member, said on Twitter, that “In the coming weeks, customers will be able to select the gender with which they most closely identify during the booking process.”Delta Air Lines, which is not in A4A, also plans non-binary gender options during the booking process, a spokeswoman said.

Source: Manila Bulletin February 19, 2019 20:03 UTC