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PSA: US State Department Ceases Processing Gender Marker Correction Applications (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by Thevenin@beehaw.org to c/trans@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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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/

Update 2: tiktok user @gentlereality has confirmed that her passport application was suspended pending "administrative guidance" on Jan 30, and her original documents (birth certificate, etc) withheld "indefinitely". The application went through (with "M" gender markers) and the original documentation was returned Feb 3. From this I can conclude that the rumors of documentation being confiscated were at least partially true -- the difference between confiscation and withholding depends entirely on how long "indefinitely" actually lasts.

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[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Id consider a valid id with my incorrect name fake, but I can see where a better term might be less confusing. I think there is a temptation to wait it out and not update and get a dead name passport. I think having an escape document is a good idea, even if triggering.

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago

When you get a legal name change, your old IDs are still valid - there is nothing "fake" about them, really. They are just as valid as the ID in the new name. Over a year later I'm still using IDs in two different names, and sometimes it's really useful to have a valid (non-expired) ID in my old name in situations where my name hasn't been updated and I have to prove identity first.