This rolls around every couple of years, I know - that’s because EDMs last only for the length of a parliamentary session, which is usually one year. This time it’s two years because of Brexit, ending in 2019. An EDM has to be re-tabled and started from scratch within each parliamentary session.

The open EDM for X on passports for the current 2017-2019 session can be found here.

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HOW TO HELP

First of all, head over to this page and type in your postcode. That’ll tell you who your MP is.

Then head over to the EDM’s page online and check if your MP has signed already.

If they haven’t signed yet, head on over to writetothem.com and put your postcode in, scroll a little to find your MP and then write an email explaining why you personally need X on passports to happen. (Maybe you’re nonbinary and you want to avoid confusing the border guards when you go on holiday, maybe you want to feel recognised by your government, maybe you’ve got close friends or family who are nonbinary and you feel strongly that they should be seen for who they are.)

If they have signed, head to writetothem.com anyway and thank them for signing it! :)

Here’s what I’m writing to my new Conservative MP who voted against same binary gender marriage (eek). You gotta try, right? Please note that duplicate emails are not sent; you have to write in your own words for the email to get through, so copy-and-pasting mine over is a bad plan! This is just to show you the tone and the kinds of things you can say.