Washington — The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to allow it to enforce for now its policy ending the use of the "X" marker on passports and requiring the documents to reflect the passport-holder's "biological sex at birth," changes that affect transgender and nonbinary Americans.

The high court's emergency appeal seeks to lift a lower court order that prevented the State Department from enforcing the policy, which was put into place after President Trump returned to the White House in January. The court order allowed transgender or nonbinary people seeking passports to self-select the sex designation — "M," "F" or "X" — that aligns with their gender identity.

The policy from Mr. Trump was a reversal from the Biden administration, which allowed the select

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