U.S. Supreme Court approves Trump’s two-gender passport policy

The United States Supreme Court has approved President Donald Trump’s policy limiting U.S. passports to two gender options, male and female.

According to a report obtained from Reuters, the decision delivered on November 6, 2025, allows the Trump administration to enforce a rule that defines sex strictly as the one assigned at birth.

This ruling reverses the Biden-era reform that introduced a non-binary “X” gender marker, which allowed Americans to self-identify their gender without medical documentation.

The Court’s conservative majority voted 6 to 3 to lift a lower court injunction that had blocked the policy’s implementation.

The justices in the majority stated that the passport designation is a matter of federal identification standards and does not violate equal protection principles.

The three liberal justices, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson, dissented. They warned that the decision could lead to further discrimination and distress for transgender and non-binary individuals.

Supporters of the ruling described it as a return to biological reality, while LGBTQ+ advocates, including the American Civil Liberties Union, condemned it as a regressive step that undermines dignity and inclusion.

The policy means that new or renewed passports will only reflect “M” or “F,” aligning with a person’s birth certificate.

While the legal battle continues in lower courts, the Supreme Court’s ruling effectively allows the two-gender passport policy to take immediate effect nationwide.