Lawmaker Introduces Legislation to Ban ‘X’ Gender Marker on Passports

Americans may no longer have the ability to choose an “unspecified” gender option on their passports if one bill becomes law.

On Wednesday, Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) introduced the Passport Sanity Act.

A copy of the bill, obtained by the Washington Examiner, shows the legislation would prevent the State Department from using the “X” gender marker on passports.

Instead, it would have to use only “male” or female” designations.

The Examiner noted, “It’s not clear whether passports that have already been issued with the ‘X’ marker will still be accepted, but the legislation would block the State Department from producing more.”

Roy said, “There are two sexes — male and female — and government documents like passports should reflect that self-evident truth.”

“Passports exist to accurately identify people, not play pretend with radical gender ideology. Anti-science, radical gender ideology has no place in our government, and it’s time for Congress to step in and restore sanity,” he added.

In April 2022, the State Department added the “X” marker to passports after a nonbinary citizen filed a lawsuit alleging it was not possible to get a passport that reflected that person’s gender identity.

A State Department spokesperson said in a