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US appeals court rejects Trump bid to restore passport policy targeting transgender people
The U.S. Court of Appeals found the policy violated constitutional rights, with the American Civil Liberties Union highlighting immediate harms to transgender and nonbinary individuals, court records show.
- On Thursday, a Boston-based federal appeals court declined the Trump administration’s bid to bring back a stringent passport rule that affected transgender and nonbinary individuals.
- The policy was established through an executive order signed by President Trump shortly after he assumed office on January 20, instructing the State Department to issue passports based solely on the sex assigned at birth.
- This policy revision eliminated the option for applicants to indicate their gender identity or choose a nonbinary designation, undoing decades of previous practice that allowed individuals to update the sex listed on their passports to align with their gender identity.
- U.S. District Judge Julia Kobick found the policy to be based on irrational prejudice and in violation of equal protection rights, while the appeals court determined that the government did not sufficiently respond to these conclusions.
- The ruling upheld an injunction barring enforcement of the policy nationwide, implying that passports must reflect gender identities and signaling continued judicial protection for transgender and nonbinary rights.
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A US appeal court confirmed, in fact, a decision of a lower court by which it has the administration of President Donald Trump to order the issue of passports with type X or with a gene different from that of birth for transgender or non-binary persons.
An American court of appeal confirmed on Thursday a decision of first instance ordering the Trump administration to resume the issuance of passports with the genre "X" or a kind different from that of birth for transgender or non-binary persons. ...
US appeals court rejects Trump bid to restore passport policy targeting transgender people
A federal appeals court on Thursday declined to allow U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to refuse to issue passports to transgender and nonbinary Americans that reflect their gender identities.
Trump hit with 'sharply worded' appeals court order rebuking civil rights attack
President Donald Trump got yet another smackdown in court on Thursday over his efforts to restrict transgender rights.The controversy stems from President Donald Trump's order that passports must identify a holder's gender at birth, regardless of their current gender identity."A lower court judge ruled in April that transgender plaintiffs were likely to succeed in their claim that the policy was 'rooted in irrational prejudice toward transgender…
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