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    Britain is preparing to rip up centuries-old rules by introducing passports which do not contain details of the holder's sex.

    The move, following pressure from the Lib Dems, is designed to spare transgender people and those who have both male and female sexual organs from having to tick 'male' or 'female' on their travel papers.
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    But with the Lib Dems promising to be 'fierce champions of equality', the Home Office has begun a consultation on changing the rules.
    To satisfy international laws, the passport would still list a category titled 'sex', but would then contain a simple 'X' for everybody.

    Some Home Office officials are concerned the change could make life harder for the already stretched UK Border Agency by giving them one fewer piece of information to work from

    from the Mail online

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