Arkansas Supreme Court eliminates gender neutral option for state IDs

Arkansas will no longer allow residents to list their gender as "X" on state identification cards following a ruling from the state's Supreme Court.

The Arkansas Supreme court eliminated the option for residents to use a neutral gender identification on their state ID cards Tuesday. (Getty Images)

The Arkansas ALCU had sued to end the legislation this spring, leading to the earlier court order blocking the new rule.

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"The only real emergency here is the one created by the state itself, imposing this rule on transgender, intersex, and nonbinary Arkansans," said Holly Dickson, executive director of the ACLU of Arkansas.

Of Arkansas' 2.6 million active driver's licenses, just 387 had the "X" designation. (Getty Images)

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Of Arkansas' 2.6 million active driver's licenses, just 387 had the "X" designation. The state also has 503,000 IDs, of which 167 had the "X" designation.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Anders Hagstrom is a reporter with Fox News Digital covering national politics and major breaking news events. Send tips to Anders.Hagstrom@Fox.com, or on Twitter: @Hagstrom_Anders.

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