President will now force airlines to guess passengers’ genders if they have X...

[Jessica_Rose]

President will now force airlines to guess passengers' genders if they have X gender markers

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/president-will-now-force-airlines-to-guess-passengers-genders-if-they-have-x-gender-markers/ 🔗

Faefyx Collington (16 Oct 2025)

While U.S. passports with an "X" gender marker remain valid, a new policy from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) now requires airlines to provide either an "M" or an "F" for all passengers, essentially leaving them trying to guess a traveler's gender assigned at birth.

"If the travel document presented by a traveler for an international flight to or from the United States has a sex indicator other than 'M' or 'F' or does not otherwise indicate the sex of the traveler, the carrier or the traveler should select either 'M' or 'F,'" the CBP bulletin reads. "Submitting 'M' or 'F' in the sex field, in place of the value reflected on the travel document, will not subject the carrier to penalty."

The CBP requires airlines to enter personal information for all passengers into the Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) prior to their arrival at customs. That system will no longer accept nonbinary markers. While the bulletin makes it clear that the airline won't be held at fault for providing information that differs from a passenger's travel documents, it is unclear how a traveler might be treated if their documents do not fully match what is shown in the CBP's system.

The CBP first brought the policy into effect on July 14, 2025, but it entered a 90-day informed compliance window. During that time, airlines could provide gender markers other than "M" or "F" without any issue. As of October 12, 2025, that informed compliance window has now expired, and entering a nonbinary gender marker will result in an error and need to be altered.

[Lori Dee]

They need to add a "none of the above" option.

[Sephirah]

I would pay to see someone guess "This person is an attack helicopter."

This is so dumb.

[Lori Dee]

I would pay to see someone guess "This person is an attack helicopter."

This is so dumb.

I claim exempt status as "non-human". Look around the airport at all the humans. I'm not like any of those people.

TSA: "OK, you can go."

😆

[Sephirah]

I claim exempt status as "non-human". Look around the airport at all the humans. I'm not like any of those people.

TSA: "OK, you can go."

😆

Claim you are a badger. Will make their heads explode. Some people really need to read their terms of employment. Yeesh.