WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration is asking the Supreme Court to let it enforce a passport policy for transgender and nonbinary people requiring male or female sex designations based on birth certificates. The Republican administration on Friday appealed a lower-court order allowing people use the gender or “X” identification marker that lines up with their gender identity. The government says it can’t be required to use sex designations it considers inaccurate on official identification documents. The plaintiffs say some transgender people had seen their passport applications returned with changed designations and others were afraid to submit applications. An attorney for the plaintiffs says the passport rules are discriminatory.
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