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Supreme Court Asked to Block Transgender Passports


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The article from The Boca Raton Tribune discusses an emergency request by the Trump administration to the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to prevent transgender, nonbinary, and intersex Americans from obtaining passports that align with their gender identity. This action aims to overturn a lower court injunction that blocked the State Department from enforcing a policy recognizing only biological sex on identification documents. The administration argues that private citizens cannot compel the government to use "inaccurate sex designations," reversing a 2022 policy that allowed applicants to self-select gender markers including "X." The ACLU strongly opposes the administration's stance, calling the policy discriminatory and unconstitutional, a view supported by the earlier federal judge's ruling. The Supreme Court's decision on this high-stakes appeal will serve as a critical indicator of its position on transgender rights and executive power regarding official identity documents.

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