Federal judge blocks Trump administration from passport changes affecting transgender Americans

INDIVIDUALS WHEN THEY TRAVEL. THIS IS ABOUT REGAINING BODILY AUTONOMY AND FREEDOM FOR TRANS PEOPLE ACROSS AMERICA. ASH LAZARUS IS LEADING A CHALLENGE AGAINST A CHANGE IN PASSPORT POLICY, LIMITING SEX DESIGNATIONS AS EITHER MALE OR FEMALE. IT바카라 게임 웹사이트�S CRUCIAL TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, ACCURATE IDENTIFICATION ACROSS THE BOARD. AMONG MANY EXECUTIVE ORDERS SIGNED ON, PRESIDENT TRUMP바카라 게임 웹사이트�S FIRST DAY. ONE STATES THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RECOGNIZES TWO SEXES. THERE ARE ONLY TWO GENDERS, MALE AND FEMALE. AS A RESULT, PASSPORTS ARE CHANGING. THE STATE DEPARTMENT IS REVERSING ITS POLICY THAT GAVE TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS ANOTHER OPTION. X. THIS POLICY IS NOT A PASSPORT POLICY. IT바카라 게임 웹사이트�S AN ANTI-TRANS POLICY. ATTORNEYS ARGUE THE CHANGE DISCRIMINATES AGAINST TRANSGENDER PEOPLE AND KEEPS THEM FROM TRAVELING SAFELY. THESE PASSPORTS OUT THEM, THEY FORCIBLY OUT PEOPLE AND REVEAL THEIR TRANSGENDER STATUS, PUTTING THEM AT RISK OF HARM, VIOLENCE AND DISCRIMINATION AND HARASSMENT. FEDERAL ATTORNEYS ARGUE THE PASSPORT POLICY DOES NOT VIOLATE ANY PROTECTED CLASS AND IS UNDER THE PRESIDENT바카라 게임 웹사이트�S DISCRETION. IN COURT DOCUMENTS, A STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL WRITES, THE EXECUTIVE ORDER INDICATES A GOVERNMENT WIDE SHIFT TO USING ONE UNIFORM DEFINITION OF SEX. SO A CHANGE IN THE DEPARTMENT바카라 게임 웹사이트�S POLICIES WAS ALSO NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE GOAL OF UNIFORMITY. HAVING THE GOVERNMENT QUESTION WHO WE ARE AS TRANS PEOPLE IS CONCERNING, YOU KNOW, WE ARE EVERYDAY PEOPLE. WE ARE YOUR FRIENDS OR YOUR NEIGHBORS. WE SIMPLY WANT THE SAME FREEDOMS THAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS. THE PLAINTIFFS ARE SEEKING A STAY OR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION OF THE NEW POLICY CHANGE. THE JUDGE TODAY SAID SHE WOULD TAKE THE MATTER UNDER ADVISEMENT. IT IS UNCLEAR WHEN SHE IS GOING TO RULE.

A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from enacting a policy that bans the use of 바카라 게임 웹사이트�X바카라 게임 웹사이트� marker used by many nonbinary people on passports as well as the changing of gender markers.Video above: Transgender Americans sue Trump administration over passport policyIn an executive order signed in January, the president used a narrow definition of the sexes instead of a broader conception of gender. The order says a person is male or female and it rejects the idea that someone can transition from the sex assigned at birth to another gender. The framing is in line with many conservatives바카라 게임 웹사이트� views but at odds with major medical groups and policies under former President Joe Biden.U.S. District Judge Julia Kobick, who was appointed by President Joe Biden, sided with the American Civil Liberties Union바카라 게임 웹사이트�s motion for a preliminary injunction, which stays the action while the lawsuit plays out.바카라 게임 웹사이트�The Executive Order and the Passport Policy on their face classify passport applicants on the basis of sex and thus must be reviewed under intermediate judicial scrutiny,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Kobick wrote. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�That standard requires the government to demonstrate that its actions are substantially related to an important governmental interest. The government has failed to meet this standard.바카라 게임 웹사이트�The ACLU, which sued the Trump administration on behalf of five transgender Americans and two nonbinary plaintiffs, said the new policy would effectively mean transgender, nonbinary, and intersex Americans could not get an accurate passport.바카라 게임 웹사이트�We all have a right to accurate identity documents, and this policy invites harassment, discrimination, and violence against transgender Americans who can no longer obtain or renew a passport that matches who they are,바카라 게임 웹사이트� ACLU lawyer Sruti Swaminathan said.In response to the lawsuit, the Trump administration argued the passport policy change 바카라 게임 웹사이트�does not violate the equal protection guarantees of the Constitution.바카라 게임 웹사이트� They also contended that the president has broad discretion in setting passport policy and that plaintiffs would not be harmed by the policy, since they are still free to travel abroad.

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Video above: Transgender Americans sue Trump administration over passport policy

In an executive order signed in January, the president used a narrow definition of the sexes instead of a broader conception of gender. The order says a person is male or female and it rejects the idea that someone can transition from the sex assigned at birth to another gender. The framing is in line with many conservatives바카라 게임 웹사이트� views but at odds with major medical groups and policies under former President Joe Biden.

U.S. District Judge Julia Kobick, who was appointed by President Joe Biden, sided with the American Civil Liberties Union바카라 게임 웹사이트�s motion for a preliminary injunction, which stays the action while the lawsuit plays out.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�The Executive Order and the Passport Policy on their face classify passport applicants on the basis of sex and thus must be reviewed under intermediate judicial scrutiny,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Kobick wrote. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�That standard requires the government to demonstrate that its actions are substantially related to an important governmental interest. The government has failed to meet this standard.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

The ACLU, which sued the Trump administration on behalf of five transgender Americans and two nonbinary plaintiffs, said the new policy would effectively mean transgender, nonbinary, and intersex Americans could not get an accurate passport.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�We all have a right to accurate identity documents, and this policy invites harassment, discrimination, and violence against transgender Americans who can no longer obtain or renew a passport that matches who they are,바카라 게임 웹사이트� ACLU lawyer Sruti Swaminathan said.

In response to the lawsuit, the Trump administration argued the passport policy change 바카라 게임 웹사이트�does not violate the equal protection guarantees of the Constitution.바카라 게임 웹사이트� They also contended that the president has broad discretion in setting passport policy and that plaintiffs would not be harmed by the policy, since they are still free to travel abroad.

Federal judge blocks Trump administration from passport changes affecting transgender Americans

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