A transgender man from West Virginia has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a recent Trump administration policy that prevents him from obtaining a passport that matches his gender identity. Ash Lazarus Orr said the policy shift triggered by President Donald Trump’s executive order has effectively trapped him within U.S. borders and created significant obstacles to both international and domestic travel. "I have transitioned from female to male. I am a trans man, and all of my documentation accurately represents this transition," Orr said in Boston, where his lawsuit is set to be heard on Tuesday. "However, with my passport, due to the current executive order and Marco Rubio's policy, the government is wanting to issue me a passport with the inaccurate sex designation." Orr said his state-issued driver’s license correctly identifies him as male, the current administration is refusing to issue him a passport with the same gender marker. "As a trans American, I am unable to leave this country right now due to the government's current policies," Orr said. "This policy has prevented me from obtaining health care, has prevented me from visiting family. It's prevented me from just enjoying my life as a trans person." The discrepancy between identification documents has already created problems with Transportation Security Administration agents during domestic travel, Orr said. "I've ran into issues at TSA with these documents mismatching – and has led to me being interrogated, pulled aside, photographed multiple times and nearly missing flights," he said. "It is crucial that I have accurate identification that accurately reflects who I am as a trans man." Orr said that the policy has direct consequences for his healthcare. He said he has established a relationship with a healthcare provider in Ireland who specializes in gender-affirming care, but cannot access those services without international travel. "This is preventing me from working with a practitioner in Ireland who is well versed in gender-affirming care," Orr said. "This is somebody that I have formed a relationship with, who I had such high hopes of working with." The policy has reversed previous guidelines that allowed transgender Americans to obtain passports reflecting their gender identity rather than their sex assigned at birth. Those guidelines, established during the Obama administration and continued through part of the first Trump administration, permitted transgender individuals to update their passports with appropriate medical documentation. Orr noted that the travel restrictions extend beyond healthcare to personal and family matters. "My spouse and I travel very frequently. We usually travel internationally multiple times a year, and these plans are having to be put on hold," he said.