{"id":1170,"date":"2025-01-27T13:18:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T14:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/?p=1170"},"modified":"2025-01-27T15:28:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T15:28:22","slug":"x-no-longer-a-gender-option-for-us-passports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/27\/x-no-longer-a-gender-option-for-us-passports\/","title":{"rendered":"X no longer a gender option for US passports"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Donald Trump recently decreed that only two genders would be officially recognized<\/strong><\/p>\n

The US State Department has suspended processing passport applications that select \u2018X\u2019 as the gender identifier, several American news outlets have reported, citing a department spokesperson and internal communications. The policy change reverses a 2022 initiative that allowed applicants to select \u2018X\u2019 as a gender marker to accommodate non-binary, intersex, and gender-nonconforming individuals.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump has repealed dozens of executive orders signed by his predecessor, Joe Biden, including at least a dozen measures supporting racial equity and LGBTQ rights. He also officially decreed that only two genders, male and female, will be recognized by the US government, adding that these designations cannot be changed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIn line with that Order, the Department\u2019s issuance of US passports will reflect the individual\u2019s biological sex as defined in the Executive Order,\u201d<\/em> a State Department spokesperson told CNN and AFP on Friday, adding that applications for passports with the \u2018X\u2019 marker have been suspended and that the State Department will no longer issue such documents.<\/p>\n

As for those who have already received passports with the marker, the spokesperson said that guidance is \u201cforthcoming.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

ABC News reported, citing internal communications, that passports with the \u2018X\u2019 identifier will still be considered valid under the new policy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The outlet also claimed that people who had called into the State Department\u2019s National Passport Information Center with questions regarding the policy have been told to wait for new guidance before submitting their applications, with more information said to be released \u201cin the coming days.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The State Department refused to respond to ABC\u2019s reporting on the matter, stating it \u201cdoes not comment on leaked internal documents.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Moscow comments on Trump\u2019s \u2018two genders\u2019 diversity rollback<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Trump administration framed its changes to diversity and inclusion policies\u00a0 as an effort to remove bias in government initiatives. Trump\u2019s order mandating that only two genders be recognized is meant to create \u201cequal treatment\u201d<\/em> and requests \u201ca plan to dismantle the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) bureaucracy,\u201d<\/em> a Trump aide told the New York Post. More actions on DEI that will impact private businesses are reportedly coming soon.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While some corporations have scaled back DEI programs, companies such as Costco and Apple remain committed to them. Others, meanwhile, including Meta, McDonald\u2019s, and Walmart, have significantly reduced their DEI initiatives. Meta recently dismantled its DEI department, citing a shifting legal and policy landscape. McDonald\u2019s has scaled back diversity targets for senior leadership, and Walmart has announced plans to retire certain diversity terms and initiatives.<\/p>\n

Civil rights organizations have threatened to challenge the orders through court action and public advocacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President Donald Trump recently decreed that only two genders would be officially recognized The US State Department has suspended processing passport applications that select \u2018X\u2019 as the gender identifier, several American news outlets have reported, citing a department spokesperson and internal communications. The policy change reverses a 2022 initiative that allowed applicants to select \u2018X\u2019…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1170"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1173,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1170\/revisions\/1173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}