Judge blocks Trump administration from passport changes affecting some transgender Americans

Federal judge blocks Trump passport executive order

A federal judge on Friday ruled in favor of a group of transgender and nonbinary people who have filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s executive order that bans the State Department from issuing passports with “X” gender markers. The Associated Press notes U.S. District Judge Julia Kobick in Boston issued a preliminary injunction against the directive. The American Civil Liberties Union, which represents the plaintiffs, in a press rel…

Passport policy affecting transgender people partly blocked

BOSTON — A federal judge on Friday partially blocked the Trump administration from enacting a policy that bans the use of "X" marker used by many nonbinary people on passports as well as the changing of gender markers.

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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.