Judge blocks Trump administration from passport changes affecting some transgender Americans

Trump’s defiance of judges moves U.S. into dangerous territory

The U.S. president’s refusal to comply with court rulings, and public denigrating of judges, send the country towards constitutional crisis

Major update after Trump was set to ban these specific passports in the US

Donald Trump's executive order sparked controversy when it was signed in January

Judge BLOCKS Trump's Trans Passport Ban!

UPDATE: Saturday, Apr 19, 2025 · 12:06:59 AM +00:00 · CathyM UPDATE: Here’s the original HuffPo that the Yahoo was based on: www.huffpost.com/… I can’t do NYT, so if someone still has a subscription and can post snips, that would be good. Looks like...

Six transgender and non-binary people have started legal proceedings in the United States to obtain passports with gender designations that are consistent with their gender identity.

Judge Blocks Trump’s Order Ending ‘X’ Gender Marker on Passports

A federal judge ruled against the Trump administration’s executive order banning the use of an “X” on passports marked by people self-identifying as neither male nor female. U.S. District Judge Julia Kobick of the District Court of Massachusetts awarded the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) a preliminary injunction on April 18, staying the president’s executive action requiring sex, instead of gender identity, to be used as an identifier on …

Trump-era passport policy denying transgender, non-binary’s gender identity likely unconstitutional, judge rules

BOSTON, April 19 — A federal judge held on Friday that the Trump administration’s policy of refusing to issue passports to transgender and nonbinary Americans that reflect their gender identities is likely unconstitutional, but she declined to block it nationwide. U.S. District Judge Julia Kobick in Boston issued a preliminary injunction that stopped the enforcement of the policy against six of the seven transgender and nonbinary people who sued…