Supreme Court allows Trump administration to require biological sex on passports

Daniel Payne, Catholic News Agency

Monday, November 10, 2025

The U.S. Supreme Court said on Thursday that the Trump administration could require passports to display an applicant’s biological sex, granting the White House a victory in its efforts to roll back transgender ideology in federal policy. The court said in an unsigned Nov. 6 order that requiring biological sex on a passport “no more offends equal protection principles than displaying [a] country of birth.” In either case, “the government is merely attesting to a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential treatment,” the court said.