"For three decades before that, people had been able to update the sex designation on their passports. But after Trump directed the State Department to change its policy so as to only issue passports that "accurately reflect the holder's sex," applicants are now asked to provide their "biological sex at birth." They can only be listed as male or female and cannot self-identify their gender."
"The American Civil Liberties Union sued, arguing that the policy unlawfully prevented transgender, nonbinary and intersex people from obtaining passports consistent with their gender identities. And a district judge Biden appointee Julia Kobick agreed, saying the policy was arbitrary and rooted in an "irrational prejudice" toward transgender Americans that violated their rights under the constitution. She initially issued a narrow injunction covering just six individual plaintiffs but in June expanded it after granting the lawsuit class action status."
An executive order signed on January 20 directed the government to recognize only male and female biological sexes. The State Department now asks passport applicants to provide their biological sex at birth and limits listings to male or female, removing self-identification and the previously available "X" option. For about three decades people could update passport sex designations. The American Civil Liberties Union sued, asserting the policy unlawfully prevents transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people from obtaining passports consistent with their gender identities. A district judge found the policy arbitrary and rooted in "irrational prejudice" and granted an injunction later expanded to a class. A federal appeals panel upheld the injunction.
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