1st American with 'X' gender passport speaks out on 'awesome moment'
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Dana Zzyym, 63, received the first gender nonbinary U.S. passport.
Dana Zzyym from Fort Collins, Colorado, became the first U.S. citizen on Wednesday to receive a passport accommodating nonbinary, intersex and gender nonconforming individuals.
In an interview with ABC News Live's Stephanie Ramos, the 63-year-old Zzyym said opening the envelope and receiving the first passport with an "X" gender marker designation was "an awesome moment."
Zzyym -- a disabled Navy veteran and the associate director for the Intersex Campaign for Equality -- has been advocating for equal rights for intersex persons for years.
As a client of Lambda Legal, a civil rights organization for the queer community, Zzyym filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Department of State for denying them a passport on the grounds of an unclear gender-marker designation on Oct. 26, 2015.