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Conservative Lawmakers Fight Transgender ‘X’ Markers on Identification Documents

Changing sex on passports and driver’s licenses to appease those confused about their gender poses security risks, according to critics.
Conservative Lawmakers Fight Transgender ‘X’ Markers on Identification Documents
People waiting in line to go through Orlando International Airport MCO TSA security on a busy day. Courtesy of Ed Perkins
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Senior Reporter
10/11/2023|Updated: 10/11/2023
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Transgender people can easily change their sex marker or replace it with an unspecified “X” gender on a growing number of government documents with few questions asked, causing concern from conservatives.
U.S. passports allow a gender change or a non-gender designation of X with no supporting documentation needed, and applicants for a Social Security card can change their gender at will, according to government agencies.
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Senior Reporter
Darlene McCormick Sanchez is an Epoch Times reporter who covers border security and immigration, election integrity, and Texas politics. Ms. McCormick Sanchez has 20 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including Waco Tribune Herald, Tampa Tribune, and Waterbury Republican-American. She was a finalist for a Pulitzer prize for investigative reporting.
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