In response to President Trump on Monday that “the two gender of men and women is a US policy”, the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the Americans were “X”. The US passport application that can be specified has been abolished.
The Ministry of State officials were informed of changes in internal telecommments sent on Thursdays, obligating the official documents, such as passports and birth records of overseas US embassies and consulate, “using gender,”. Guardian newspaper reported。
The staff specifically instructed the staff to “pause the application for gender markers” and to “suspend the application that the applicant is trying to change the gender marker.”
The passport already issued is not recalled, but the applicant cannot select the “X” mark when updating the travel documents.
Rubio's telegram added, “Eviled guidance on existing passports, including the Gender Marker, will be provided through other routes.”
According to President Trump's order, “the gender cannot be changed,” said the term, “only refers to individual invisible biological classifications of both men or women.” “”
“Sex is not a synonym for” gender identity “, but does not include its concept.”
A passport with a gender mark of “X”, which stated that “unspecified or another gender recognition”, was released on April 11, 2022 under Former Secretary of State Antony Brinken.
In March of the same year, Brinken said, “The ministry has created a precedent as the first federal agency to provide X -gender markers in the identification certificate.” We welcomed that it was the “milestone” of the initiative. Regardless of gender recognition. ”
Americans with non -binary, intersexes, and other gender non -conformity have then used markers and changing their current status without submitting additional documents.
Other organizations such as the US Citizens' Rights and Immigration Bureau have also provided “X” options to Americans who are unfamiliar with gender.
Representatives of the Ministry of State did not respond to the comments.
