US EditionJudge says government can’t limit passport sex markers for many transgender, nonbinary people
- A federal judge ruled that the government cannot limit passport sex markers for many transgender and nonbinary people.
- District Judge Julia Kobick expanded a previous ruling against Trump administration policies by allowing sex markers other than male/female for those assigned at birth.
- Kobick supported the American Civil Liberties Union’s motion, requiring the government to prove its passport policy is necessary.
- The Trump administration claimed that the changes do not breach constitutional equal protection rights.
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Court Expands Block on Trump Admin Biological-Sex-Only Passport Rule
A judge has expanded a preliminary injunction on a move by President Donald Trump’s administration that would limit a person’s sex listed on their passport to align with their biological sex. U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts Judge Julia Kobick expanded the preliminary injunction on Tuesday after she ruled in favor of six plaintiffs who identified as transgender or nonbinary in April. The plaintiffs were challenging a Trump a…
The U.S. government wants trans-people who need a new passport to assign their birth gender. This has now prevented a federal judge. She extended a previous case-by-case judgment.
The federal judge’s preliminary order implies that transgender or non-binary persons who do not have a passport or need to apply for a new one may request a male, female or X identification indicator, rather than being limited to the sex assigned at birth. Only two possible genders appear on the official U.S. websites: male and female. So Donald Trump decreed just as soon as he arrived at the White House: “In the U.S. there are only two genders,…
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