[Trigger warning: transphobic measures]
Trans (as well as nonbinary, gender-nonconforming, and intersex) people are being stripped of their human rights, daily, one move at a time (& this latest move affects me directly, in a terrifying way, both for my passport and for my CRBA):
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According to the new memo, passports and Consular Report of Birth Abroad records that have already been issued with an “X” sex marker are valid until replaced or expired. Travelers who were issued passports with “X” markers within the last year can request to replace them at no cost for passports with a binary “F” or “M” sex marker by submitting a correction form.
The guidance applies to all in-progress passport applications and any future applications received as of last Friday, the memo states.
Under the new guidance, in-process applications requesting an “X” sex marker will be changed to male or female using a review of all available evidence establishing sex assigned at birth, such as a birth certificate, government-issued ID or prior passport record, according to the memo.
If the evidence submitted with the application doesn’t sufficiently establish the applicant’s sex assigned at birth — because, for example, their documentation does not show their birth sex, shows conflicting information regarding their birth sex, only lists an “X” marker or includes a designation like intersex — the application must be suspended, the memo states.
According to the new memo, passports and Consular Report of Birth Abroad records that have already been issued with an “X” sex marker are valid until replaced or expired. Travelers who were issued passports with “X” markers within the last year can request to replace them at no cost for passports with a binary “F” or “M” sex marker by submitting a correction form.
The guidance applies to all in-progress passport applications and any future applications received as of last Friday, the memo states.
Under the new guidance, in-process applications requesting an “X” sex marker will be changed to male or female using a review of all available evidence establishing sex assigned at birth, such as a birth certificate, government-issued ID or prior passport record, according to the memo.
If the evidence submitted with the application doesn’t sufficiently establish the applicant’s sex assigned at birth — because, for example, their documentation does not show their birth sex, shows conflicting information regarding their birth sex, only lists an “X” marker or includes a designation like intersex — the application must be suspended, the memo states. “
[From NBC News: “Passports with ‘X’ sex markers will be valid until they expire or are renewed, State Department says”]
The Little Prince and the Fox 