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Ontario is introducing gender-neutral driver's licences and health cards. Beginning in early 2017, drivers will be able to select X, instead of an M for male or F for female for their licences. And this month, the province started issuing health cards that no longer display information about a person's sex on the front of the card. People who want a new health card without the sex identifier before their regular renewal date can obtain one immediately through ServiceOntario at no cost. The Liberal government says it is making these changes "to ensure the fair, ethical and equitable treatment of...

On a late Monday afternoon just past, more than a dozen people lined up for the inevitable food handlers' and caregivers' ritual of getting a health card from the Clark County Health District on Shadow Lane in Las Vegas. "First time or renew?" questions each of the three women working the small windows on Wing 8. One by one, the mostly Hispanic crowd answers that question. Depending on their answer, they would either be sent on to the renewal line - further down the hall - or go on the next round of questioning. "I'm hearing that I need some...