"The US government has rolled back a policy that threatened to invalidate passports showing trans people's correct gender identity. Less than a week after the change was discovered, a section of the State Department's website was modified to remove the threat that trans people's passports would be invalidated if the document did not detail their "biological sex". An update on the website's page regarding passport sex markers, originally discovered by Transitics reporter Aleksandra last Thursday (13 November), said it no longer issued passports or other documents with a gender-neutral "X" marker or markers that did not match a person's "biological sex at birth"."
"One question on whether passports with X markers would remain valid originally contained the answer: "A passport is valid for travel until its date of expiration, until you replace it, or until we invalidate it under federal regulations." The latest information says: "All passports will remain valid for travel until their expiration date, under International Civil Aviation Organization policy.""
"It comes after the Supreme Court allowed the government to enforce Donald Trump's executive order that prohibited changes to gender markers on official documents. The ruling overturned a preliminary injunction on the president's proposals."
The State Department removed a website statement that passports could be invalidated if they did not list a person's "biological sex" or used a gender-neutral "X" marker. The website was updated again to clarify that all passports remain valid for travel until their expiration date, under International Civil Aviation Organization policy. A previously posted FAQ answer about invalidation was replaced with a clearer statement that passports remain valid until expiration. The changes followed a Supreme Court decision allowing enforcement of an executive order restricting changes to gender markers on official documents.
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