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Received this from a friend in Oregon today. She has been refused any kind of passport and is effectively under travel ban. (www.tiktok.com)
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This is the reality of the current effect of the Executive orders regarding passports for trans people in the US. Because of the way things are implemented they are getting stuck in a no-mans land where they cannot have any travel papers at all. If you know a place to share this please do.

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[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 27 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Bullet points

  • She had her legal gender changed to female
  • She tried to get a password
  • They told her they'd only give it to her if it said male on it
  • She said that's fine
  • They walked that back and said she doesn't get any passport
  • She asked why
  • They threatened to arrest her
[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Important note is that she was renewing her passport, and they refused to give her documents back.

[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago

This is, indeed, extremely important. I don't know why I didn't include it.