{"id":183841,"date":"2025-10-02T00:52:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T00:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/183841\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T00:52:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T00:52:12","slug":"canada-warns-gender-neutral-passports-in-u-s-travel-advisory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/183841\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada warns gender-neutral passports in U.S. travel advisory"},"content":{"rendered":"

The federal government has updated its travel advisory<\/a> for the U.S. by adding a cautionary note concerning gender-neutral passports.<\/p>\n

While Canada issues passports with the \u201cX\u201d marker who don\u2019t identify as strictly male or femalefor non-binary citizens or those, the advisory warns that entry or transit through other countries \u2014 including the U.S. \u2014 cannot be guaranteed for travellers using that designation.<\/p>\n

The advisory further notes that some international countries and travel companies may not recognize \u201cX\u201d as a gender identifier and travellers may still be required to supply a \u201cmale\u201d or \u201cfemale\u201d identifier when travelling. <\/p>\n

\u201cBefore you leave, verify this information with the closest foreign representative for your destination,\u201d the advisory said.<\/p>\n

This warning comes amid a growing uncertainty over how different jurisdictions treat non-binary or gender-neutral passport markers. <\/p>\n

After U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order<\/a> the day he took office, an immediate stop was put to gender-neutral markers on U.S. federal documents, including passports. <\/p>\n

The U.S. State Department stopped issuing travel documents with the \u201cX\u201d gender marker preferred by many non-binary people. The department also stopped allowing people to change the gender listed on their passport or get new ones that reflect their preferred gender, rather than their sex assigned at birth.<\/p>\n

In September, the Trump\u2019s administration<\/a> asked the U.S. Supreme Court to let it enforce a passport policy for transgender and non-binary people requiring male or female sex designations that conform with birth certificates.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the expansion of gender-neutral options in Canada is encountering limits elsewhere. Earlier this year, Canada mandated Nexus card holders<\/a> who identify as non-binary or transgender can no longer choose the \u201cX\u201d gender marker.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) told CTVNews.ca in August that Nexus card holders who had their card issued before the executive order took effect will not be impacted and their membership will remain valid without any change.<\/p>\n

\u201cNew applicants and existing members renewing their membership are able to apply using a passport with the \u2018X\u2019 gender identifier, however they will be required to select \u2018male\u2019 or \u2018female\u2019 for the purposes of their NEXUS membership,\u201d their statement read.<\/p>\n

Approximately 550 Nexus applications with an \u201cX\u201d gender identifier have been submitted to the CBSA between January 2022 and March 2025, CBSA confirmed.<\/p>\n

With files from CTV News\u2019 Aarjavee Raaj, The Canadian Press and The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The federal government has updated its travel advisory for the U.S. by adding a cautionary note concerning gender-neutral…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183842,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[712,49,48,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-183841","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}