Times Square in New York City | The Christian Post/Leonardo Blair New York is facing a lawsuit filed by people who identify as nonbinary and argue that they face discrimination because the state requires them to indicate that they are either male or female to receive public welfare benefits. The fact that the Empire State does not provide an “X” gender option is discriminatory based on gender identity, the claimants argued in the complaint filed Monday against state and local agencies that run public assistance programs. In 2019, New York began allowing the “X” gender option on birth certificates, and the same has been promised for driver’s licenses. But the plaintiffs assert that the state computer system used by the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance is “outdated” because it compels people who say their gender is nonbinary to lie when applying for certain services such as food stamps, Medicaid and other forms of public assistance.