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U.S. to issue gender neutral passports, take steps to combat anti- transgender laws

A pedestrian holds passports while waiting to cross into the United States from Mexico at the San Ysidro border crossing in San Ysidro, California January 31, 2008. [Reuters]

Americans will be allowed to choose an X for gender on their passport applications and select their sex on Social Security cards, the Biden administration said on Thursday in announcing measures to support transgender Americans against the wave of state laws targeting them.

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