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A court has ruled that people cannot define themselves as gender-neutral on passports. Christie Elan-Cane, who identifies as non-gendered, brought a challenge to the Court of Appeal arguing that passports should include an “X” category for individuals who identify as gender-neutral, non-binary, intersex or other. They believe that the UK’s current passport application process, which requires individuals to identify themselves as either male or female, is “inherently discriminatory” and infringes the right to privacy. But the appeal was dismissed by senior judges, who said the policy is not unlawful. It’s…

Adam Castillejo wants to be an “ambassador of hope” for those living with HIV. The second person in history to be ‘cured’ of HIV has revealed their identity. Adam Castillejo, from London, was declared free of the virus last year, 18 months after stopping antiretroviral therapy to receive a bone marrow transplant from a donor with a rare genetic mutation that resists HIV infection. Castillejo, 40, went public for the first time on Monday (9 March) in an interview with The New York Times, where he revealed that he had…