Marco Rubio suspends passports applications with changes to gender marker
Joe Biden made it easier for trans people to have passports that reflect who they are. Donald Trump eliminated that policy.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio Instructs Staff to Freeze Passport Applications With X Gender Marker, Says 'Sex is Not Changeable': Report
Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered the State Department to freeze passport applications with X gender markers or gender identity changes, enforcing an executive order signed by former President Donald Trump to limit federal identification to biological sex classifications.
State Department freezes nonbinary passport applications as Rubio rolls out Trump’s anti-LGBT agenda
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered the US State Department to immediately suspend all applications for passports with the “X” gender marker, a third option introduced by the agency under the Biden administration for nonbinary, intersex and other gender nonconforming persons.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio bans passports with ‘X’ gender markers after Trump order: report
State Department staff were instructed to “suspend any application requesting an X sex marker” and to “suspend any application where the applicant is seeking to change their sex marker.”
Marco Rubio Orders Suspension of Passport Applications From Anyone Seeking to Change Gender Marker
It is one of the first directives to be implemented after Trump signed a sweeping anti-trans executive order declaring only two sexes, male and female as assigned at birth.
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