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BOSTON — Same-sex couples traveling overseas can now show passports that feature their married names, letting them take advantage of a little-noticed revision to State Department regulations .
The notice of the change says that it does not mean the State Department is recognizing the validity of same-sex marriages and civil unions, but that it was to comply with an amendment to the Code of Federal Regulations that took effect in February 2008.
The amendment allows same-sex couples to obtain passports under the names recognized by their state through their marriages or civil unions.
