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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang and agencies

US supreme court lets Trump block passport sex markers for trans and non-binary people

close up of a passport with an 'F' gender marker
A person shows the female gender marker on their US passport. Photograph: Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

The supreme court on Thursday allowed Donald Trump’s administration to enforce a policy blocking transgender and non-binary people from choosing passport sex markers that align with their gender identity.

The decision by the high court’s conservative majority is Trump’s latest win on the high court’s emergency docket, and it means his administration can enforce the policy while a lawsuit over it plays out. It halts a lower-court order requiring the government to keep letting people choose male, female or X on their passport to line up with their gender identity on new or renewed passports.

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