May 19, 2021 3:18 PM EDT
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A group of congressional Democrats is asking President Joe Biden to fulfill a campaign promise and use his executive authority to mandate the inclusion of a gender-neutral “X” marker on federal IDs.
“We believe that a gender-neutral marker (‘X’) should be available on all federal IDs, and that accurate gender markers should be accessible using a self attestation standard,” a letter to Biden first reviewed by The 19th states.
“An executive order to this effect will ensure transgender, non-binary, and intersex individuals can obtain accurate and affirming documents without navigating discriminatory barriers,” continues the letter, led by Rep. Ro Khanna of California and Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin. They were joined by at least 20 other Democratic lawmakers.
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Opinion: U.S. Senators fail in bid to harm transgender students
Portsmouth Herald
March 6 To the Editor:
In recent weeks, federal and state legislators have launched attacks against their student constituents for simply being transgender kids who want to play sports. Today, we saw that escalate to the floor of the United States Senate in the form of a cruel and discriminatory amendment proposed by Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, a $1.9 trillion dollar COVID-19 relief package specifically designed to help the American people recover from unprecedented economic and social hardship.
Amendment 1386, co-sponsored by Senators Lindsay Graham (R-SC) and Roger Marshall (R-KS) stated, As a condition of receiving funds under section 2001, 2003, or 2005, a State, local educational agency, or institution of higher education may not permit any student whose biological sex (recognized based solely on a person s reproductive biology and genetics at bir