cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/18144707
According to the Colorado Name Change Project, the US State Department has stopped processing of all gender marker correction applications. This is confirmed by Notus.org, which adds that the policy change affects passport renewals as well.
At this time, there are rumors that the Minnesota Passport Agency is confiscating documents when denying a gender marker change. These rumors are unconfirmed as of the time of this post, but the situation is still developing.
https://www.namechangeproject.org/gender-marker/
https://m.facebook.com/ColoradoNameChangeProject/
https://www.notus.org/whitehouse/trump-gender-sex-order-passports
The ACLU has a form open for any affected by this policy: https://www.aclu.org/transpassports2025
Update: Marco Rubio has confirmed that the state department has suspended all applications including a gender change or an X gender marker, including applications which were already in progress. Official word on the status of existing passports “will come via other channels.” https://theintercept.com/2025/01/23/marco-rubio-state-department-passports-gender-trans-nonbinary/
It doesn’t really seem like they need a legitimate one tbh. And if a fake passport is your only chance of getting out, maybe you should take it.
It’s a fucked up situation all around.
Firstly, “fake” passports wasn’t actually what the other person was talking about.
Secondly, no, encouraging vulnerable people to commit potentially unnecessary crimes isn’t a good idea. It seems that most should still be able to get a passport in their details from birth. Whereas if they arrive in another country with a fake passport, they’ll be immediately deported back into danger.
Please don’t misconstrue my words. I literally said, if it is the only way. This will be my last reply on this comment thread.