LGBTQ+ advocates in Tennessee are once again working to assist transgender residents in obtaining passports that reflect their gender identity before a window for the opportunity potentially comes to a close.

The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to reinstate its ban on issuing U.S. passports that reflect the chosen sex markers of transgender and nonbinary individuals.

A federal appeals court earlier this month upheld a temporary injunction against the Trump administration ban, which began with an executive order issued on the president’s first day in office. President Donald Trump’s order declared that the U.S. recognizes only two sexes, male and female, and it directed the State Department to issue passports that “reflect the holder’s sex.”

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