Entry #14279: Legal recognition of non-binary gender in United States

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RegionUnited States
IssueLegal recognition of non-binary gender
StatusVaries by Region
Start DateJan 23, 2025
End Date(none)
DescriptionIn his first hours in office, Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the federal government to only recognize two sexes: “Male” and “Female”. The order also directed federal agencies to eliminate the use of "gender" in federal documents and guidelines, including an instruction to the Secretary of State to discontinue the use and option of X gender markers in passports moving forward, but not retroactively invalidating passports.

On January 23rd, 2025, the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, ordered the U.S. state department to freeze all applications for passports that had requested an ‘X’ on their gender marker.

Other IDs are still state dependent, and there are many states in the U.S. that recognize third gender identities.
Sourceshttps://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/23/trump-rubio-x-gender-passport
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/trump-sign-executive-orders-proclaiming-are-only-two-biological-sexes-rcna188388
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/20/politics/two-genders-us-passports-federal-government-trump/index.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czx84en1yp4o
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/20/trump-executive-order-gender-sex
https://www.them.us/story/trump-gender-executive-order-passports-x-marker-effects


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edited by Unknownmiles. Making the Marco Rubio section stand out more

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DescriptionIn his first hours in office, Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the federal government to only recognize two sexes: “Male” and “Female”. The order also directed federal agencies to eliminate the use of "gender" in federal documents and guidelines, including an instruction to the Secretary of State to discontinue the use and option of X gender markers in passports moving forward, but not retroactively invalidating passports. On January 23rd, 2025, the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, ordered the U.S. state department to freeze all applications for passports that had requested an ‘X’ on their gender marker.

Other IDs are still state dependent, and there are many states in the U.S. that recognize third gender identities.
In his first hours in office, Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the federal government to only recognize two sexes: “Male” and “Female”. The order also directed federal agencies to eliminate the use of "gender" in federal documents and guidelines, including an instruction to the Secretary of State to discontinue the use and option of X gender markers in passports moving forward, but not retroactively invalidating passports.

On January 23rd, 2025, the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, ordered the U.S. state department to freeze all applications for passports that had requested an ‘X’ on their gender marker.

Other IDs are still state dependent, and there are many states in the U.S. that recognize third gender identities.
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In his first hours in office, Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the federal government to only recognize two sexes: “Male” and “Female”. The order also directed federal agencies to eliminate the use of "gender" in federal documents and guidelines, including an instruction to the Secretary of State to discontinue the use and option of X gender markers in passports moving forward, but not retroactively invalidating passports. On January 23rd, 2025, the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, ordered the U.S. state department to freeze all applications for passports that had requested an ‘X’ on their gender marker. Other IDs are still state dependent, and there are many states in the U.S. that recognize third gender identities. On January 23rd, 2025, the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, ordered the U.S. state department to freeze all applications for passports that had requested an ‘X’ on their gender marker. Other IDs are still state dependent, and there are many states in the U.S. that recognize third gender identities.

edited by Unknownmiles. Fixing date, adding to description, and adding source

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DescriptionIn his first hours in office, Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the federal government to only recognize two sexes: "Male" and "Female", and to direct federal agencies to eliminate the use of "gender" in federal documents and guidelines, including an instruction to the Secretary of State to discontinue the use and option of X gender markers in passports moving forward, but not retroactively invalidating passports. While the proceedings for this new function are still in progress, the efficacy and constitutionality of the executive orders are under scrutiniy.

In the meanwhile, other IDs are still state dependent and there are several jurisdictions in the U.S. that recognize third gender identities on this local level.
In his first hours in office, Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the federal government to only recognize two sexes: “Male” and “Female”. The order also directed federal agencies to eliminate the use of "gender" in federal documents and guidelines, including an instruction to the Secretary of State to discontinue the use and option of X gender markers in passports moving forward, but not retroactively invalidating passports. On January 23rd, 2025, the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, ordered the U.S. state department to freeze all applications for passports that had requested an ‘X’ on their gender marker.

Other IDs are still state dependent, and there are many states in the U.S. that recognize third gender identities.
Show Difference
In his first hours in office, Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the federal government to only recognize two sexes: "Male" and "Female", and to direct federal agencies to eliminate the use of "gender" in federal documents and guidelines, including an instruction to the Secretary of State to discontinue the use and option of X gender markers in passports moving forward, but not retroactively invalidating passports. While the proceedings for this new function are still in progress, the efficacy and constitutionality of the executive orders are under scrutiniy. In the meanwhile, other IDs are still state dependent and there are several jurisdictions in the U.S. that recognize third gender identities on this local level. “Male” and “Female”. The order also directed federal agencies to eliminate the use of "gender" in federal documents and guidelines, including an instruction to the Secretary of State to discontinue the use and option of X gender markers in passports moving forward, but not retroactively invalidating passports. On January 23rd, 2025, the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, ordered the U.S. state department to freeze all applications for passports that had requested an ‘X’ on their gender marker. Other IDs are still state dependent, and there are many states in the U.S. that recognize third gender identities.
Sourceshttps://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/trump-sign-executive-orders-proclaiming-are-only-two-biological-sexes-rcna188388
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/20/politics/two-genders-us-passports-federal-government-trump/index.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czx84en1yp4o
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/20/trump-executive-order-gender-sex
https://www.them.us/story/trump-gender-executive-order-passports-x-marker-effects
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/23/trump-rubio-x-gender-passport
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/trump-sign-executive-orders-proclaiming-are-only-two-biological-sexes-rcna188388
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/20/politics/two-genders-us-passports-federal-government-trump/index.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czx84en1yp4o
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/20/trump-executive-order-gender-sex
https://www.them.us/story/trump-gender-executive-order-passports-x-marker-effects
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https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/ https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/trump-sign-executive-orders-proclaiming-are-only-two-biological-sexes-rcna188388 https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/20/politics/two-genders-us-passports-federal-government-trump/index.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czx84en1yp4o https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/20/trump-executive-order-gender-sex https://www.them.us/story/trump-gender-executive-order-passports-x-marker-effects https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/23/trump-rubio-x-gender-passport https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/trump-sign-executive-orders-proclaiming-are-only-two-biological-sexes-rcna188388 https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/20/politics/two-genders-us-passports-federal-government-trump/index.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czx84en1yp4o https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/20/trump-executive-order-gender-sex https://www.them.us/story/trump-gender-executive-order-passports-x-marker-effects

edited by PersianArchitecture. There is still non-binary recognition on the state level and the efficacy of this order is still to be determined.

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DescriptionIn his first hours in office, Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the federal government to only recognize two sexes: "Male" and "Female", and to direct federal agencies to eliminate the use of "gender" in federal documents and guidelines, including an instruction to the Secretary of State to discontinue the use and option of X gender markers in passports moving forward, but not retroactively invalidating passports.

Other IDs are still state dependent.
In his first hours in office, Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the federal government to only recognize two sexes: "Male" and "Female", and to direct federal agencies to eliminate the use of "gender" in federal documents and guidelines, including an instruction to the Secretary of State to discontinue the use and option of X gender markers in passports moving forward, but not retroactively invalidating passports. While the proceedings for this new function are still in progress, the efficacy and constitutionality of the executive orders are under scrutiniy.

In the meanwhile, other IDs are still state dependent and there are several jurisdictions in the U.S. that recognize third gender identities on this local level.
Show Difference
In his first hours in office, Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the federal government to only recognize two sexes: "Male" and "Female", and to direct federal agencies to eliminate the use of "gender" in federal documents and guidelines, including an instruction to the Secretary of State to discontinue the use and option of X gender markers in passports moving forward, but not retroactively invalidating passports. Other IDs are still state dependent. passports. While the proceedings for this new function are still in progress, the efficacy and constitutionality of the executive orders are under scrutiniy. In the meanwhile, other IDs are still state dependent and there are several jurisdictions in the U.S. that recognize third gender identities on this local level.

edited by crazymarshmello. Added some more information about passports and a grammar correction

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DescriptionIn his first hours in office, Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the federal government to only recognize two sexes: "Male" and "Female", and to direct federal agencies to eliminate the use of "gender" in federal documents and guidelines.

Other IDs are still state dependant.
In his first hours in office, Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the federal government to only recognize two sexes: "Male" and "Female", and to direct federal agencies to eliminate the use of "gender" in federal documents and guidelines, including an instruction to the Secretary of State to discontinue the use and option of X gender markers in passports moving forward, but not retroactively invalidating passports.

Other IDs are still state dependent.
Show Difference
In his first hours in office, Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the federal government to only recognize two sexes: "Male" and "Female", and to direct federal agencies to eliminate the use of "gender" in federal documents and guidelines. Other IDs are still state dependant. guidelines, including an instruction to the Secretary of State to discontinue the use and option of X gender markers in passports moving forward, but not retroactively invalidating passports. Other IDs are still state dependent.
Sourceshttps://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/trump-sign-executive-orders-proclaiming-are-only-two-biological-sexes-rcna188388
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/20/politics/two-genders-us-passports-federal-government-trump/index.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czx84en1yp4o
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/20/trump-executive-order-gender-sex
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/trump-sign-executive-orders-proclaiming-are-only-two-biological-sexes-rcna188388
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/20/politics/two-genders-us-passports-federal-government-trump/index.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czx84en1yp4o
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/20/trump-executive-order-gender-sex
https://www.them.us/story/trump-gender-executive-order-passports-x-marker-effects
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https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/ https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/trump-sign-executive-orders-proclaiming-are-only-two-biological-sexes-rcna188388 https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/20/politics/two-genders-us-passports-federal-government-trump/index.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czx84en1yp4o https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/20/trump-executive-order-gender-sex https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/ https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/trump-sign-executive-orders-proclaiming-are-only-two-biological-sexes-rcna188388 https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/20/politics/two-genders-us-passports-federal-government-trump/index.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czx84en1yp4o https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/20/trump-executive-order-gender-sex https://www.them.us/story/trump-gender-executive-order-passports-x-marker-effects

edited by crazymarshmello. Replaced "two genders" with "two sexes" because the executive order specifies sex and directs government agencies to replace "gender" with sex.

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DescriptionIn his first hours in office, Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the federal government to only recognise two genders: "Male" and "Female".

Other IDs are still state dependant.
In his first hours in office, Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the federal government to only recognize two sexes: "Male" and "Female", and to direct federal agencies to eliminate the use of "gender" in federal documents and guidelines.

Other IDs are still state dependant.
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In his first hours in office, Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the federal government to only recognise two genders: "Male" and "Female". Other IDs are still state dependant. recognize two sexes: "Male" and "Female", and to direct federal agencies to eliminate the use of "gender" in federal documents and guidelines. Other IDs are still state dependant.

edited by jadeywadey. Clarified language, added sources.

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DescriptionIn his first hours in office, Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the federal government to only recognise two sexes: "Male" and "Female".

Other IDs are still state dependant.
In his first hours in office, Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the federal government to only recognise two genders: "Male" and "Female".

Other IDs are still state dependant.
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In his first hours in office, Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the federal government to only recognise two sexes: "Male" and "Female". Other IDs are still state dependant. genders: "Male" and "Female". Other IDs are still state dependant.
Sourceshttps://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/trump-sign-executive-orders-proclaiming-are-only-two-biological-sexes-rcna188388
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/20/politics/two-genders-us-passports-federal-government-trump/index.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czx84en1yp4o
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/20/trump-executive-order-gender-sex
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https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/ https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/trump-sign-executive-orders-proclaiming-are-only-two-biological-sexes-rcna188388 https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/20/politics/two-genders-us-passports-federal-government-trump/index.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czx84en1yp4o https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/20/trump-executive-order-gender-sex

edited by jadeywadey. Clarified description.

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DescriptionIn his first hours in office, Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the federal government to only recognise two sexes: "Male" and "Female".In his first hours in office, Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the federal government to only recognise two sexes: "Male" and "Female".

Other IDs are still state dependant.
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In his first hours in office, Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the federal government to only recognise two sexes: "Male" and "Female". "Female". Other IDs are still state dependant.

created by jadeywadey

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StatusNot legally recognized
Start DateJan 20, 2025
End Date(none)
DescriptionIn his first hours in office, Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the federal government to only recognise two sexes: "Male" and "Female".
Sourceshttps://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/