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[quote=Anonymous]This has been underreported:

It is now the official policy of the U.S. government to cruelly "out" trans adults -- even if they have lived decades as male or female with all of their paperwork updated and consistent with their gender.

Specifically, passport examiners processing renewals at the U.S. State Department have been instructed to go back in the State Dept's records and look at the first passport issued for each person. If they find an old passport with a different gender, they will [b]proactively make a change on the trans person's behalf[/b] and list the old gender on the newly-issued renewed passport.

Explained more simply: When Chaz Bono and Laverne Cox next go to renew their passports, Chaz will receive one that says F, and Laverne will receive one that says M.

Of course, those celebrities are out and proud. We all know they are trans. But think about all the other trans people, who transitioned decades ago and are just going about their lives, minding their business:

-- Under this policy, they will be "outed" as trans every time they cross a border. 
-- Under this policy, they will be "outed" as trans when their employer asks for a copy of their passport for work travel arrangements. 
-- Under this policy, they will be questioned why the gender on their passport doesn't match their drivers license or travel documents.
-- Under this policy, they won't be able to travel for work to certain countries, if being trans is not safe in the country they are being asked to travel to for work.

The ACLU has already filed a lawsuit challenging this practice, there will be a hearing on the case on March 14.

Read more here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-11/rubio-orders-staff-to-assign-sex-to-transgender-passport-applicants and here:  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg4klq45ngvo

A world without trans people has never existed and never will.
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