U.S to Resume’x’ Gender Passports after Court Ruling

 U.S to Resume’x’ Gender Passports after Court Ruling 

A U.S. appeals court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that directed the Trump administration to resume issuing passports to transgender and nonbinary Americans that reflect their gender identity.

The dispute stems from President Donald Trump’s January executive order, which declared that “only two genders would now be recognized — male and female,” effectively ending official recognition of a third gender marker, “X,” on U.S. passports.

In June, District Judge Julia Kobick ordered the State Department to reinstate the issuance of “X” passports to transgender and nonbinary individuals impacted by the policy reversal.

On Thursday, a three-judge panel of the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the administration’s request to halt that order. “The government has failed to meet its burden to secure a stay,” the justices stated.

They also pointed to the lower court’s conclusion that individuals affected by the ban “will suffer a variety of immediate and irreparable harms from the present enforcement of the challenged policy.”

The State Department first introduced the “X” gender marker in October 2021 under President Joe Biden, making it available to nonbinary, intersex, and gender non-conforming people.

Trump’s executive order reiterated that “it is the policy of the United States to recognize two sexes, male and female.” As a result, the State Department was required to list only the holder’s biological sex at birth — either “M” or “F.”

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