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US Customs and Border Protection have implemented a rule for the airlines to disregard the third gender marker “X" on passports and instead input an “M" or “F" marker.

According to The Guardian, “X" markers became available to US passport holders in 2022, in an effort to allow people with gender identities other than male and female to obtain more accurate travel documents.

Earlier this year, US President Donald Trump-led administration tried to ban the “X" marker under executive order 14168, titled Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government.

In June, the US district court of Massachusetts had issued an order in June that passports with “X" markers would be considered as valid travel documents.

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