What Happens to Passports With 'X' Gender?
Donald Trump saying the federal government will only recognize two sexes, male and female, has called into question the future of the use of passports in which people have marked the gender as "X."Newsweek has contacted the U.S.
Department of State, which is responsible for issuing passports, via online contact form and the Trump-Vance transition team, via email, for comment.Trump and conservatives swept into office after a number of election victories in November.
Gender identity and policies surrounding it was a major focal point for Republicans during the campaign cycle.Trump signed several executive orders on Monday, including one that said his administration will use "clear and accurate language and policies that recognize women are biologically female, and men are biologically male.""It is the policy of the United States to recognize two sexes, male and female," said the executive order, titled Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government."These sexes are not changeable and are grounded in fundamental and incontrovertible reality," it added.The federal government will also use the word "sex" instead of "gender" with all official documents, including passports, visas and Global Entry cards, "accurately reflect the holder's sex.""Agencies are no longer going to promote gender ideology through communication forms and other messages," a Trump administration official told reporters on Monday, adding that "federal funds shall not be used to promote gender ideology."U.S.
citizens have been able to select "X" as their gender, to signify an "unspecified or another gender identity" since 2022.People could do this without their "X" marker needing to match the gender listed on their citizenship, identification or medical documents.At the time, Rena Bitter, the Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs, said: "I am very proud that the Department of State will be the first federal government agency to offer.
