Texas woman applies to change last name on passport, receives unasked for sex marker change

Texas woman applies to change last name on passport, receives unasked for sex marker change

AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin woman who tried to update her passport with a new last name said she unexpectedly received a new passport that listed a different sex marker than her previous one. Alexis Pratchett, who is transgender, filed the name update in December, but an issue required her to re-submit paperwork in early January. That caused a delay in the agency's processing of her passport. "By the time [the State Department] got around to it, i…

State Department Removed “X” Gender Marker for Passports

The U.S. government recently announced that it will stop offering the “X” gender marker on passports, effectively undoing an option that was common for nonbinary, intersex, and some trans people and forcing them to pick between the male (M) or female (F) categories.   This change follows an executive order signed by President Trump on his first day back in office, declaring that the U.S. will only recognize male and female as legal sex markers. …