cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/30327292

The Trump administration has said that the U.S. passports of transgender people must now reflect the sex on their original birth certificate, reversing a decades-old policy.

  • Triumph@fedia.io
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    10 hours ago

    Have you ever had a passport in your dead name?

    Have, yes, up until about three years ago. Natural born US citizen.

    My concern is about the coming back into the country after vacation. All the other times we’ve gone through (many, many), it’s been smooth sailing, everyone just hands over the passports, person at the desk matches face with picture (they match), we go home.

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      8 hours ago

      Getting through customs should be fine for as long as your current passport is valid. AFAIK, current passports are not affected. The likely trouble is going to be when you need to get it renewed.

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      They can make that very difficult any time they want. They shouldn’t be able to, but here we are