San Diego banned the use of 'he' or 'she' in future city laws or policies to accommodate the roughly 1% of people who don't identify as male or female. The southern California city announced the progressive policy on Tuesday after the a unanimous council vote. Councilmember Raul Campillo and Council President Jennifer Campbell proposed the Inclusive Language Policy, which was passed in July and approved by the Council this week. According to the new policy San Diego: 'must draft its Council Policy Statements, regulatory legislation, proposals to amend the City Charter by ballot, and amendments to the current municipal code in a gender-neutral, non-binary manner when referring to a person or group of people to promote inclusive language in San Diego.' Moving forward city policies will be required to use 'they' and 'their' instead of 'he' and 'she,' and to use words such as 'humankind' instead of 'mankind.' San Diego banned the use of 'he' or 'she' in future city laws or policies instead using 'they' Data shows that under one percent of Americans don't identify as either male or female Councilmember Raul Campillo (left) and Council President Jennifer Campbell (right) proposed the Inclusive Language Policy 'To truly be America's Finest City, we must be an inclusive and welcoming City for all,' Campillo said in a statement. He explained that the policy was necessary to: 'more properly reflect its diverse and dynamic residents and employees.' Campbell, who identifies as a member of the LGBTQ+ community, also released a statement following the Council's approval. 'It is an important step to make our governance a more welcoming place for all of San Diego's people; especially those who do not see themselves reflected within a gender binary. 'We heard loud and clear from our community and from our LGBTQ+ Employee Resource Group about how damaging it feels to be forced to make a choice that does not reflect your identity.' National data that reports that under one percent of Americans don't identify as male or female, but instead use pronouns 'they' and 'their.' Critics of similar progressive policies believe that government officials should work on projects and policies that impact a larger majority of the population. But Campillo doesn't agree with critics: 'If even one more LGBTQ+ person's well-being is improved and one less person is harmed, it will have been worth it,' he said, according to The San Diego Union-Tribune. 'I want every generation of San Diegans to be able to look to their government, and read their laws, and know they are a part of it, that they are represented,' he continued. 'By using gendered pronouns in our policies and laws, when referring to a person or group of people, we exclude an entire set of the people we were elected to represent.' California allows residents to mark a third non-binary gender on their IDs and birth certificates San Diego city policies will be required to use 'they' and 'their' instead of 'he' and 'she,' and to use words such as 'humankind' instead of 'mankind' San Diego is now the fifth city in the United States to enact an inclusive language policy Several cities and states throughout the country produce non-binary IDs and birth certificates San Diego is now the fifth city in the country, and third in California, to enact such a policy. Oakland, Berkeley, Boston and Portland, have already adopted similar inclusive language policies. Several U.S. states and cities, including California and New York, already allow Americans to opt for a third gender on identification cards and birth certificates and some major airlines have announced plans to follow suit. In June, the State Department announced it was changing its gender requirements for the forms to be more inclusive of the LGBT+ community, after facing backlash from some of its members. This is the United States' first ever intersex passport, given to Navy veteran Dana Zzym Dana Zzyym, an intersex activist and former Navy sailor, sued the state department in 2015, petitioning for a shift in policy that would allow for the introduction of intersex-gendered passports. Zzyym, was initially denied the identification document during a renewal process in 2015, after failing to check male or female on an application. According to court documents from the subsequent lawsuit, Zzyym wrote 'intersex' above the boxes marked 'M' and 'F' and requested an 'X' gender marker instead in a separate letter. Zzyym - who uses the gender-neutral pronouns 'they,' 'them' and 'their' - was born with ambiguous physical sexual characteristics but was raised as a boy, and subsequently underwent several surgeries that failed to make them appear fully male, court filings reveal. They eventually won their case and received the first ever gender 'X' United States passport last month. 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