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Legal advocates suggest any trans person who may need to obtain a passport with their accurate gender marker do so now, while the State Department is being forced to comply with a court order blocking Trump's anti-trans passport policies.
The State Department can't enforce the policy denying gender marker changes or the X marker while a lawsuit against it proceeds, the judge ruled.
The State Department, acting on a presidential executive order, has ended the use of a third-gender marker on passports and won't allow gender changes on them.
The Justice Department had asked U.S. District Judge Julia Kobick to lift her injunction in light of the Supreme Court's ruling allowing states to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
The Nordic nation joins a growing list of countries warning trans folks visiting the U.S.
He's going after diversity programs, transgender students, and more with executive orders that will most definitely be contested in court.
Her passport now says “F” for female.
Trans and nonbinary people are able to update their passports with the sex marker that aligns with their gender identity as of June 17.
U.S. District Judge Julia Kobick had previously blocked the policy only for those who sued, but now it will cover almost all trans and nonbinary passport applicants.
Trans, nonbinary, and intersex people deserve passports that reflect their identity, the representatives say.
While there has been progress in creating inclusive identity markers on the federal level, some states have tried to restrict ID choices.
