Passports with ‘X’ sex markers will be valid until they expire or are renewed, State Department says
The State Department issued new guidance on passports with “X” sex markers and applications that request to change a passport sex marker, according to a memo reviewed by NBC News. The new guidance comes after the State Department suspended all applications for passports and CRBAs, which are birth records for U.S. citizens born abroad, that request an “X” sex marker or a sex marker change, following a memo last month from Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The policy change resulted in widespread confusion, particularly among the transgender community, about whether passports with an “X” sex marker would be valid for international travel […]