American Airlines begins offering non-binary gender options during booking process

American Airlines has quietly rolled out non-binary gender options for customers during the booking process. Customers looking to make such a designation will have to call the airline, though the option will be rolled out on its website soon. People can now designate "U" or "X" for their gender. United became the first US airline to give customers non-binary gender options while booking their flights back in March. The airline worked with LGBTQ organisations The Human Rights Campaign and The Trevor Project on training employees in conjunction with these updates. Such training included the use of preferred pronouns. United's announcement came after A4A and IATA recently approved a new international best-practices standard that suggests accommodation for travellers using "non-binary IDs." <br/>