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# Site settings
title: U.S. Web Design System (USWDS)
description: USWDS makes it easier to build accessible, mobile-friendly government websites.
google_analytics_ua: UA-48605964-43
uswds_version: 3.11.0
uswds_email: [email protected]
federalist_base: "https://federalist-3b6ba08e-0df4-44c9-ac73-6fc193b0e19c.sites.pages.cloud.gov/preview/uswds/uswds"
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type: pattern
changelogURL:
items:
- date: 2025-02-10
summary: Replaced dead hyperlinks with archived copy.
summaryAdditional: Replaced references to fcsm.gov with plain text and a link to the archived page on archive.org.
affectsLinks: true
githubRepo: uswds-site
githubPr: 3092
- date: 2025-01-30
summary: Added content alert.
summaryAdditional: This pattern is affected by a recent change in law, policy, or regulation. Expect changes to this pattern in the near future as we adapt to these new requirements.
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<!-- Google Analytics - GA4 -->
<!-- Google tag (gtag.js) -->
<script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-HBYXWFP794"></script>
<!-- Google tag (gtag.js) -->
<script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-HBYXWFP794"></script>
<script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-HBYXWFP794'); </script>

<!-- UA -->
<script>
window.ga=window.ga||function(){(ga.q=ga.q||[]).push(arguments)};ga.l=+new Date;
ga('create', '{{ site.google_analytics_ua }}', 'gsa.gov');
ga('send', 'pageview');
// anonymize user IPs (chops off the last IP triplet)
ga('set', 'anonymizeIp', true);

// forces SSL even if the page were somehow loaded over http://
ga('set', 'forceSSL', true);

ga('send', 'pageview');
</script>
<script async src='https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js'></script>


<!-- Digital Analytics Program roll-up, see https://analytics.usa.gov for data -->
<script async type="text/javascript" id="_fed_an_ua_tag" src="https://dap.digitalgov.gov/Universal-Federated-Analytics-Min.js?agency=GSA&subagency=TTS"></script>
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Historically, the federal government has asked people to choose between male and female. Recently, agencies and programs have been moving toward providing more options, reflecting the fact that a person's gender identity may not reflect the sex they were assigned at birth, and that sex is not always unambiguously male or female.

As one example, in April 2022, the U.S. Department of State updated [Form DS-11](https://eforms.state.gov/Forms/ds11.pdf) and began allowing people to self-attest and specify `M` (male), `F` (female), or `X` on their passports. The Department of State defines `X` as “Unspecified or another gender identity” on Form DS-11. The form collects this information as `Gender` but it is displayed on a passport as `Sex`. More recently, [Executive Order 14075](https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2022/06/15/executive-order-on-advancing-equality-for-lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-queer-and-intersex-individuals/) Advancing Equality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Individuals makes specific calls for improved, responsible collection of sexual orientation and gender identity information.
As one example, in April 2022, the U.S. Department of State updated [Form DS-11](https://web.archive.org/web/20240101040225/https://eforms.state.gov/Forms/ds11.pdf) and began allowing people to self-attest and specify `M` (male), `F` (female), or `X` on their passports. The Department of State defines `X` as “Unspecified or another gender identity” on Form DS-11. The form collects this information as `Gender` but it is displayed on a passport as `Sex`. More recently, [Executive Order 14075](https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2022/06/15/executive-order-on-advancing-equality-for-lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-queer-and-intersex-individuals/) Advancing Equality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Individuals makes specific calls for improved, responsible collection of sexual orientation and gender identity information.

The White House's [Office of Management and Budget](https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/), [Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology](https://www.fcsm.gov/) interagency committee, and [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention](https://www.cdc.gov/) are just some of the federal agencies and programs working to define a meaningful, inclusive way to collect gender identity and sex information when it is needed. We were especially interested in the way CDC's [HIV Nexus Clinician Resources](https://snapshot2024.cdc.gov/hiv/clinicians/transforming-health/health-care-providers/collecting-sexual-orientation.html) articulates the importance of asking two separate questions to ensure healthcare providers can provide patient-centered, high quality care: `current gender identity`, and `sex listed at birth`. A multi-question approach is also advocated for in [Recommendations on the best practices for the collection of
sexual orientation and gender identity data on federal statistical surveys](https://web.archive.org/web/20250118020808/https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/SOGI-Best-Practices.pdf) released in January 2023.
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## References

- Collecting sexual orientation and gender identity information. (March 9, 2022) Retrieved on July 20, 2022, from <https://snapshot2024.cdc.gov/hiv/clinicians/transforming-health/health-care-providers/collecting-sexual-orientation.html>
- Federal Interagency Working Group on Improving Measurement of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Federal Surveys (IWG). Current Measures of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Federal Surveys - 2016a. (August 2016) Retrieved on October 31, 2022, from <https://www.fcsm.gov/assets/files/docs/current_measures_20160812.pdf>
- Federal Interagency Working Group on Improving Measurement of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Federal Surveys (IWG). Evaluations of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Survey Measures: What Have We Learned? - 2016b. (September 23, 2016) Retrieved on October 31, 2022, from <https://www.fcsm.gov/assets/files/docs/Evaluations_of_SOGI_Questions_20160923.pdf>
- Federal Interagency Working Group on Improving Measurement of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Federal Surveys (IWG). Toward a Research Agenda for Measuring Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Federal Surveys: Findings, Recommendations, and Next Steps - 2016c. (October 20, 2016) Retrieved on October 31, 2022, from <https://www.fcsm.gov/assets/files/docs/SOGI_Research_Agenda_Final_Report_20161020.pdf>
- Federal Interagency Working Group on Improving Measurement of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Federal Surveys (IWG). (August 2020). Updates of Terminology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Survey Measures - FCSM 20-03. Retrieved on October 31, 2022, from <https://www.fcsm.gov/assets/files/docs/FCSM_SOGI_Terminology_FY20_Report_FINAL.pdf>
- Federal Interagency Working Group on Improving Measurement of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Federal Surveys (IWG). Current Measures of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Federal Surveys - 2016a. (August 2016) Retrieved on October 31, 2022, from `https://www.fcsm.gov/assets/files/docs/current_measures_20160812.pdf`. [This link is no longer active. [Archived copy of fcsm.gov](https://web.archive.org/web/20250124115337/https://www.fcsm.gov/assets/files/docs/current_measures_20160812.pdf)]
- Federal Interagency Working Group on Improving Measurement of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Federal Surveys (IWG). Evaluations of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Survey Measures: What Have We Learned? - 2016b. (September 23, 2016) Retrieved on October 31, 2022, from `https://www.fcsm.gov/assets/files/docs/Evaluations_of_SOGI_Questions_20160923.pdf`[This link is no longer active. [Archived copy of fcsm.gov](https://web.archive.org/web/20250117222028/https://www.fcsm.gov/assets/files/docs/Evaluations_of_SOGI_Questions_20160923.pdf)]
- Federal Interagency Working Group on Improving Measurement of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Federal Surveys (IWG). Toward a Research Agenda for Measuring Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Federal Surveys: Findings, Recommendations, and Next Steps - 2016c. (October 20, 2016) Retrieved on October 31, 2022, from `https://www.fcsm.gov/assets/files/docs/SOGI_Research_Agenda_Final_Report_20161020.pdf`. [This link is no longer active. [Archived copy of fcsm.gov](https://web.archive.org/web/20250124123007/https://www.fcsm.gov/assets/files/docs/SOGI_Research_Agenda_Final_Report_20161020.pdf)]
- Federal Interagency Working Group on Improving Measurement of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Federal Surveys (IWG). (August 2020). Updates of Terminology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Survey Measures - FCSM 20-03. Retrieved on October 31, 2022, from `https://www.fcsm.gov/assets/files/docs/FCSM_SOGI_Terminology_FY20_Report_FINAL.pdf`[This link is no longer active. [Archived copy of fcsm.gov](https://web.archive.org/web/20250124085205/https://www.fcsm.gov/assets/files/docs/FCSM_SOGI_Terminology_FY20_Report_FINAL.pdf)]
- Federal Interagency Working Group on Improving Measurement of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Federal Surveys (IWG). Why Do Federal Agencies Ask About Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) on Surveys? FCSM-21-01. (June 2021) Retrieved on October 31, 2022, from <https://www.fcsm.gov/assets/files/docs/FCSM%2021%2001%20062221.pdf>
- Gender or sex. (n.d.) Retrieved on July 15, 2022 from <https://design-system.service.gov.uk/patterns/gender-or-sex/>
- Gender terms you may not know. (June 17, 2022) Retrieved on July 15, 2022, from <https://www.dictionary.com/e/gender-terms-you-may-not-know/>
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