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Passport applications got more complicated for transgender Americans under new Trump policy

President Donald Trump signed an executive order limiting the definition of gender, which impacts transgender passport applications, causing confusion and distress for many individuals like Mellow and others seeking passports.
The State Department ceased issuing passports with the 'X' gender marker and halted gender marker changes, affecting numerous transgender and nonbinary individuals.
A group, including ACLU lawyers, filed a lawsuit against the new policy, claiming it discriminates against transgender individuals and violates their rights.
Families, like that of Elise Flatland, face uncertainty as passport applications for transgender children are delayed, impacting their ability to seek necessary care abroad.

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The U.S. stopped allowing passport gender marker changes. Here are some of the people affected

President Donald Trump's Jan. 20 executive order questioning the existence of transgender and nonbinary people has created confusion and pain for some Americans seeking new or updated passports.

12 days ago·United States

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WCVB

Federal lawsuit filed in Mass. challenges Trump's passport gender rule

The lawsuit contends that the order discriminates against people based on their sex or transgender status, depriving them of their rights to equal protection, privacy and speech.

13 days ago·Boston, United States

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13 News Now

Norfolk family shares emotional toll of Trump’s transgender passport policy

Transgender Americans face new passport hurdles after Trump’s order recognizing only male and female, limiting legal rights for trans, intersex, and nonbinary people

14 days ago·Norfolk, United States

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SF Chronicle

S.F. transgender landmark quietly inducted into National Register of Historic Places

At a time when President Donald Trump has targeted transgender people, the site of a famous 1966 uprising has been declared a historic landmark.

14 days ago·San Francisco, United States

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CBS News

Transgender rights lawsuits challenge Trump policies on passport markers, gender-affirming care for minors

A group of transgender people sued in federal court over an order that led to the halting of allowing gender markers to be changed on passports and barring the use of the "X" marker used by many nonbinary people.

14 days ago

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Pink News

Trans people sue over losing ‘x’ marker on passports

A group of trans people in the U.S are suing the Trump administration for removing the ‘X’ gender marker on their passports. This follows an executive order signed by President Trump, confirming that the U.S would only “recognise two sexes” and directing the State Department and Homeland Security “to require that government-issued identification documents, including passports, visas, and Global Entry cards” reflect their sex “at conception”. Now…

14 days ago

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