The U.S. State Department is changing the rules on gender markers on passports, but those already issued are good for travel until they expire.

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Just in time for holiday travel, the Trump administration has brought the hammer down on transgender and nonbinary people. It was expected, after all.

The U.S. Supreme Court earlier this month granted a stay of a lower court decision that said passport applicants could self-identify their gender, including with an “X” designation. That means that the executive order President Donald Trump issued in January can go into effect while the case proceeds in the lower courts. As usual, when it comes to detrimental actions against the trans community, the State Department wasted no time. This week it stated that U.S. passports must

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