Source in pic: https://homestead.social/@lily/113878607769958499
Secondary confirmation: https://bsky.app/profile/erinryanhey.bsky.social/post/3lggfjx55vk2w
Anecdotally, I've seen several more reports.
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I mean, saying people should avoid updating their documents because this is the new policy is, in fact, untrue. Also, most of the documents listed are handled at the county or state level, not the federal level, so it's going to be extremely location-dependent, other than passports.
If you haven’t already updated your federal documents then it is probably too late. At least until these shits are gone.
Oh I'm sure it is - my office has had quite a few people in to change gender markers recently, which wasn't a surprise. However, updating a drivers license or doing a name change may still be possible, especially for people who may not plan to travel internationally.
True, it’s just a huge blow because updated federal ID documents were an easy fall back for trans people living in states where they can’t update their state level documents, for whatever reason.
For starters, you made a blanket statement about the post in its entirety claiming it, and the experience of the person who made it, isn't true, you can backpedal now, but that's what you did.
Secondly:
In other words
Thirdly:
https://theintercept.com/2025/01/23/marco-rubio-state-department-passports-gender-trans-nonbinary/
You not being comfortable confronting reality doesn't mean it isn't happening.
What in my comments gives you the impression I'm not comfortable "confronting reality"? I'm under no illusions about what the Trump administration is planning and how many people they're going to hurt. I'm just saying that it's not a policy to confiscate someone's passport based on their gender marker at this time.