Above: Nexstar Media Wire video on the first days of Trump's second term. SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Amid the blitz of executive order signings by President Donald Trump on his first day back in the Oval Office Monday was a declaration that the U.S. only recognizes two genders, male and female. The order also, among other things, directed federal agencies to end accommodations like the "X" gender marker for transgender or gender nonconforming Americans when distributing identifying documents — everything from passports and visas to Social Security cards. The order immediately sparked condemnation from LGBTQ+ advocates, some of whom have vowed to challenge the changes in courts, and concerns among transgender Americans about what this means for the validity of their federally-distributed documents. Everything Trump did in the first executive orders and actions of his presidency It has similarly raised questions here in California about how clashes between the mandate and state law, which largely protects residents' ability to obtain documentation reflecting their preferred gender identity, could cause issues for officials down the line. While a shroud of uncertainty still hangs over what exactly Trump's pronouncement means going forward, there are some details emerging about what transgender and non-binary Californians can expect moving forward. As the Washington D.C.-based publication NOTUS reported Tuesday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt clarified the order is not retroactive, leaving documents like passports already issued to transgender people with their preferred gender marker intact. The executive order only would apply when those individuals seek to renew their documentation: "They can still apply to renew their passport — they just have to use their God-given sex, which was decided at birth,” Leavitt told NOTUS. Other forms of identification documents not distributed federally — such as birth records or driver's licenses, including ones compliant with the federal Real ID standards — also appear to be untouched by the executive order in the way it is understood now. For Californians, this means transgender and non-binary residents can still change their identification documents to match their gender identity, as permitted under state and local law. "If you've got a paper in hand, you should consider it valid, but we'll see if an interpretation down the road changes that," State Asm. Chris Ward (D-San Diego), who chairs the California Legislative LGBTQ Caucus, told FOX 5/KUSI. Even so, LGBTQ+ advocates are still urging people who want to update their documentation to do so sooner rather than later, should any challenges arise in the future that could put their ability to amend gender on their government paperwork at risk. 22 states sue to stop Trump’s order blocking birthright citizenship "It's important to remember that a lot of the impacts from the orders, they're neither immediate nor permanent," Ward said. "It'll take time for those to work through their respective federal agencies, and there will opportunities for California to weigh in on behalf of affected people." What that timeline looks like remains unclear, as only one of Trump's nominees for his Cabinet, Marco Rubio as Secretary of State, has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Ward encourages anyone looking to change personal details on federal documents to contact their congressional representative's office to see if it is possible to obtain them in this window between the order's signing Monday and full implementation.