From what I understand, among the intersex community, "hermaphrodite" is generally considered a slur. The term a) implies things that are not true of them (that

From what I understand, among the intersex community, "hermaphrodite" is generally considered a slur. The term a) implies things that are not true of them (that they have multiple sets of functional genitalia), and b) is often used to fetishize them for that reason. Frankly, there isn't really a good reason that we should have a gender marker on our passports. The picture should be enough for any agent trying to visually identify us, and until and unless we can get to a world where every country is fully accepting of trans (and intersex) people, having a gender marker there forces them to make a choice between using a marker that does not match their gender identity (and thus may very well give them dysphoria), or using a marker that makes them a target for transphobic officials. (This is all true of drivers' licenses, too.)