"The Constitution does not prohibit the government from defining sex in terms of an individual's biological classification, and noted the court's recent ruling upholding state bans on gender-affirming healthcare for trans minors."
"The State Department's policy is an unjustifiable and discriminatory action that restricts the essential rights of transgender, nonbinary, and intersex citizens, including the freedom to travel safely and the freedom of everyone to be themselves without wrongful government discrimination."
"Trans and nonbinary people with incorrect gender markers on their government-issued ID are more likely to face harassment and violence, studies have shown."
The Trump administration filed an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court to reverse a lower court ruling that permitted transgender and nonbinary individuals to change their passport sex markers. A judge previously found the administration's policy to be based on irrational prejudice and not compliant with legal procedures. Trump's Solicitor General argued that the government can define sex biologically. The ACLU criticized the policy as discriminatory, impacting the rights and safety of transgender and nonbinary citizens.
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