A group of transgender individuals have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging a new passport policy that requires sex designations on passports to reflect the sex assigned "at conception". On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14168, which removed established legal recognition and protection for transgender people by requiring that they be identified only by their birth sex, which consequently denies transgender individuals from updating their passports and government documents to reflect their chosen gender identity. The plaintiffs in this case are citizens who have been prevented from selecting their gender identity on their U.S. passports. The plaintiffs argue that this executive order violates their Fifth Amendment right to equality under the law by discriminating against them on the basis of sex, as well as their Fifth Amendment rights to privacy and freedom of movement.
