HSBC to offer customers choice of ten titles to show they are gender neutral

For most people it takes nothing more than a mindless flick of a pen, but for thousands of people in the transgender community selecting an appropriate title when filling out forms is not so simple.

When asked to choose between ticking “Mr, Mrs, Miss or Ms”, many individuals who do not identify with a particular gender have for decades felt forced into choosing the wrong box.

But finally it appears that their voice is starting to be heard and the conundrum addressed.

In 2015 a new gender neutral title ‘Mx’ joined the usual honorifics on driving licences and other official documents in what was the first change to officially recognized titles in living memory.

And now one of Britain’s biggest banks, HSBC, has gone further, by offering customers the widest ever choice of titles as it has unveiled a selection of ten gender neutral options.