JackBinimbul@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Do not do this if you are transgender or have an X gender marker. They will cancel your passport and tell you to apply for a new one with your sex assigned at birth.
Uh . . . how? I’m a trans man, but my passport says male. I changed it years ago. I have an active passport. Is there anything in this process that would get me flagged as a trans person?
NateNate60@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
They have a database of trans people. If you were ever issued a passport with an F gender marker, they would know you changed it.
If you try to renew, you’ll get the passport back with two holes punched in it with a letter telling you to apply again with an F gender marker.
JackBinimbul@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Fuckin’ gross.
So for every person who submits for a renewal or new passport, they are crosschecking records to try to catch “the trannies”.
NateNate60@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yeah, this is unfortunately why, immediately after the election, there was a surge of posts on Lemmy and elsewhere telling transgender people to rush a passport application or renewal while Biden was still in office. Basically within weeks of Trump assuming power, dealing with the federal government has been Hell on earth for transgender people.
JackBinimbul@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
It has indeed. I live in one of the most hostile states in the country. Working like hell to get the fuck out.