Peter Greenberg has tips on the ideal time frame to renew your passport for upcoming travel. PHOTO: A person shows the Female gender marker on their current US passport, prior to beginning the process of filling out a passport application with an X gender marker, at their home in Alexandria, Virginia, on April 11, 2022. - It's just a small extra box to tick on an application form, but a huge breakthrough for a non-binary person who on Monday became one of the first Americans to apply for a gender-neutral passport. The option to receive a passport with an "X" gender designation, which was made available Monday by Joe Biden's administration, was hailed as a blessing for an estimated 1.2 million transgender Americans. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds / AFP) (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)