The directive comes days after Trump signed a sweeping executive order that there are only "two sexes" — and it's causing confusion and panic in the trans community.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has scrapped US passport applications ... to “suspend any application requesting an X sex marker” and to “suspend any application where the applicant is ...

Joe Biden made it easier for trans people to have passports that reflect who they are. Donald Trump eliminated that policy.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in a memo reviewed by NBC News, said additional guidance would be issued on existing ...

It is one of the first directives to be implemented after Trump signed a sweeping anti-trans executive order declaring only two sexes, male and female as assigned at birth.

IleShadow2/X The State Department froze passport applications requesting gender identity changes or the nonbinary "X" sex marker after Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered the move under an ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has frozen all applications for passports with “X” gender markers, an option available to people who don’t identify as male or female that was started in the ...