Secretary of state tells staff ‘sex is not changeable’ in email following Trump executive order on genderUS politics live – latest updatesThe US state department has frozen all applications for passports with “X” sex markers and changes to gender identity on existing passports, following a new executive order signed by Donald Trump on his first day of office.In an internal email shared with the Guardian, the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, instructed department staff on Thursday to implement the strict new guidelines for official documentation. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/23/trump-rubio-x-gender-passport
Author : Joseph Gedeon in Washington
Publish date : 2025-01-23 17:52:00
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Rubio instructs staff to freeze passport applications with ‘X’ sex markers
