The German Cabinet reportedly approved a bill on Wednesday that would allow people to be registered as "diverse” in official records.

The move would add a third gender option to official identity records and allow people who identify as intersex to have their gender be changed from "female" or “male” to "diverse" on records by the end of the year, according to The Associated Press.

The only option for those in a similar situation was to register without gender classification, until now.

The decision comes months after the Federal Constitutional Court decided that German citizens must be allowed the option to be registered in official records as a gender other than male or female or authorities would be ordered to eliminate gender entries completely.

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The Cabinet’s decision to add the third gender option now requires approval from the German federal parliament.

Franziska Giffey, the federal minister for family affairs in Germany, told the news service the decision is "an important step toward the legal recognition of people whose gender identity is neither male nor female."

The move comes months after California became the first state to pass legislation that allows state residents to choose a gender option other than male or female on official documents.