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US Supreme Court lets Trump administration require gender at birth be listed on passports
- The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to require sex at birth be listed on new passports, staying enforcement while the case proceeds.
- The court froze a Massachusetts lower-court order that had blocked the policy during the legal process.
- The decision signals the justices may ultimately uphold the birth-sex designation policy when a final ruling is issued.
- The policy changes the passport sex designation from the Biden administration’s self-identification approach to a birth-record-based designation.
- Transgender activists and four others, plus two nonbinary individuals, are plaintiffs challenging the policy.
- The ruling notes the policy is framed as attesting to a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential treatment.
- Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented, criticizing what she called a pattern of sidestepping equitable outcomes.
- The administration has previously acted on policies related to DEI and transgender issues, including military service and healthcare restrictions.
- The State Department had previously permitted passport sex designations to differ from sex at birth with medical documentation.
- The case represents ongoing legal battles over transgender rights and federal policy.
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