"The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump's administration to enforce a policy blocking transgender and nonbinary people from choosing passport sex markers that align with their gender identity. The decision by the high court's conservative majority is Trump's latest win on the high court's emergency docket, and it means his administration can enforce the policy while a lawsuit over it plays out."
"The State Department changed its passport rules after Trump, a Republican, handed down an executive order in January declaring the United States would "recognize two sexes, male and female," based on birth certificates and "biological classification." Transgender actor Hunter Schafer, for example, said in February that her new passport had been issued with a male gender marker, even though she's marked female on her driver's license and passport for years."
The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to enforce a policy that blocks transgender and nonbinary people from choosing passport sex markers matching their gender identity while litigation continues. The decision halts a lower-court order that had required the government to permit male, female, or X markers on new or renewed passports. The State Department implemented the rule after an executive order asserting recognition of only two sexes based on birth certificates and biological classification. Plaintiffs argue restricting markers to sex assigned at birth can cause harassment, deprive individuals of usable identification, and impede safe travel. Passport sex markers have evolved since the 1970s, with medical documentation required in the 1990s and relaxed rules introduced in 2021.
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