US EditionUS appeals court rejects Trump bid to restore passport policy targeting transgender people
- 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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Trump’s bid to remove transgender or nonbinary designations from passports rejected by appeals court
A federal appeals court on Thursday declined to reinstate President Trump’s policy requiring US passports to state the biological sex of their bearer at birth.
Appeals Court Rejects Trump Bid to Restore Passport Policy Targeting Trans People
A three-judge panel of the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to put on hold an injunction issued by a trial judge barring the U.S. Department of State from enforcing a policy it adopted at Trump's direction.
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. ...
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Le Journal de QuebecJustice rules against Trump by allowing "X" passports for transgender people.
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