Rubio instructs staff to freeze passport applications with 'X' sex markers. #Guardian
![]() 817 Friday, 24 January, 2025, 11:43 The 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 cable obtained by the Guardian, the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, instructed department staff on Thursday to implement the strict new guidelines for official documentation. Rubio’s directive states that “sex, and not gender, shall be used” in official documents including passports and consular report of birth abroad documents. |
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