Passports no longer issued with 'X' gender marker
Enacted5/10
Federal · State Department implementation of EO 14168 · Effective Jan 23, 2025
Impact 5/10
The State Department stopped issuing passports with an 'X' gender marker and ended the self-attestation policy for gender, requiring documentation of sex as male or female. Transgender and nonbinary passport holders must now carry documents with an inaccurate gender marker.
LGBTQ+Environment & energyTransgender / nonbinary
Sources
✓ Verified against primary sources 2026-08-16