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US supreme court allows Trump to block passport sex markers for trans and non-binary people
- The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to enforce a policy blocking transgender and non-binary passport markers while the lawsuit proceeds.
- The decision was issued by the court’s conservative majority and follows a lower-court order blocking the policy.
- Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote a dissent calling the ruling a 'pointless but painful perversion.'
- The State Department had changed passport rules after an executive order in January to recognize two sexes by birth certificates and biology.
- A 2021 change allowed non-binary people to choose an X gender marker after years of litigation.
- A June court ruling blocked the Trump administration policy, prompting this Supreme Court action.
- The administration has faced broader LGBTQ+ rights battles amid recent court decisions.
- The court’s liberal justices dissented, criticizing the ruling and its effects on basic principles of equity.
- The ruling allows the policy to remain in effect while the lawsuit progresses.
- The policy affects passport markers including male, female, and X categories.
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