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Donald Trump has pledged severe federal crackdowns on transgender people. Erin Reed outlines steps for preparing for these challenges, sharing stories from trans individuals who are already taking action.
LGBTQ+ people are moving states, switching jobs, and updating their documents under Trump 2.0.
As Donald Trump forbids trans people from updating their gender markers at a federal level, Democratic states are making it easier for them to legally change their name and sex.
This is at odds with how the agency has handled this approval process for years.
A German official confirmed the government’s alert to The Advocate.
Texas has been documenting every request from trans people seeking to update their gender.
A new state department cable, meant to target transgender athletes, indicates a potential broader application to all transgender visas, which it states must contain "sex at birth."
Trans and nonbinary people are able to update their passports with the sex marker that aligns with their gender identity as of June 17.
LGBTQ+ groups applauded the move, which eliminates the need to provide documentation of gender.
Brad Pritchett, interim CEO of Equality Texas, said the move would “jeopardize the safety of the nearly 100 thousand trans people” who live in Texas.
Legal advocates suggest any trans person who may need to obtain a passport with their accurate gender marker do so now, while the State Department is being forced to comply with a court order blocking Trump's anti-trans passport policies.
While there has been progress in creating inclusive identity markers on the federal level, some states have tried to restrict ID choices.
The new policy is a result of a court ruling three months ago.
Connecticut becomes the eighth U.S. state to make it easier for transgender citizens to obtain documents that reflect their authentic gender.
