Trans citizens passports in an indefinite limbo under Trump [Video]

With an executive order issued by President Donald Trump in his first week in office, transgender citizens now face complications when it comes to their passports and other identification.

“At present, United States passports with an X gender marker that were issued prior to the executive order are valid,” said a Tuesday press release from Garden State Equality, a New Jersey-based LGBTQ+ advocacy group. “However, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has stated that ‘guidance on existing passports containing an X sex marker will come via other channels.’”

Trump issued Executive Order 14168 the day he was inaugurated. This “Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth,” order stipulates that the U.S. only acknowledge two genders – male and female. However, the U.S. also has citizens who were born intersex, who identify as non-binary or who are transgender, meaning that they identify as a gender different than what they were assigned at birth.

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