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CW: Transphobia, state oppression, passports
It’s been confirmed (through leaked internal memo) that passport gender marker changes and “X” markers have been suspended: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/23/trump-rubio-x-gender-passport
In theory, this sort of administrative ruling is supposed to have a comment period, but obviously the administration will run rushod over those rules if not halted by the courts.
So if I send in my passport for a gender marker change today it’s not going to work?
It seems unclear, but most likely not unless there’s successful litigation. There’s a risk that it could get stuck/held while the rules are being finalized or litigation is occuring, so there’s no telling when you’d get it back or what marker would be on it.
Hmm that’s scary.
social security and passport websites had the gender change request pages removed too fast for this to not be the case i guess. browsing lib trans reddit seems like its case-by-case and office-by-office for ssn at the moment