Overview
- The State Department’s updated guidance says it will issue passports only reflecting sex at birth and will not honor attestations requesting other markers.
- The FAQ states a passport remains valid until expiration or “until we invalidate it under federal regulations,” prompting concern about potential future revocations.
- Activists say the language suggests possible targeted invalidations, though the department has not announced any mass rescission of current passports.
- The webpage change, first flagged by Transitics, was verified by outlets that also noted prior government filings contemplating revoking and replacing passports.
- Operational shifts continue as CBP instructed airlines to disregard X markers in October, while ACLU-led litigation proceeds and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissent warned of immediate harms.