The Trump administration now claims that signs of being transgender may include: renewing your passport early for any reason—even marriage—forgetting to fill out part of the form, and changing names.

But now, after nearly 20 months of secrecy, the State Department has finally declassified its full guidelines for ‘adjudicating’ sex markers on passports, and unfortunately, it’s even worse than was previously believed. The policy in question, which is codified as Section 403.3 of Volume 8 of the Foreign Affairs Manual and is simply titled ‘Sex Markers,’ is divided into four subsections: Summary, Procedures, Eligibility for a Fully Valid Passport or Passport Card, and Indicators of a Prior Change to Sex Marker.

  • ch00f@lemmy.world
    131·
    15 hours ago

    Probably because homosexuality isn’t the minority it used to be and trans people are another secret minority that makes them spookier.