#passport

[commeunpassager]

Hi, trans person who requested a gender marker change here!

My social security and drivers licenses both say male. My birth certificate does not. My passport change request was denied because documentation didn’t match. Unless it ALL says the same thing across the board, it appears that the state department is currently going off your birth certificate at this time for gender markers. And they will DIG to see if anything’s been changed.

Hunter Schafer had her passport gender marker changed back to M after years of having at as F, and she said the only document not changed was her birth certificate. Implies the agency responsible for passports is cross referencing with other documents and is not just denying new gender marker changes but will start forcibly reverting them to their original marker. God knows what else they have access to but I'm sure it's not pretty.

I need people to understand how serious it can get. And if you only start noticing now and ringing alarm bells, better late than never; but it's also a shame if it takes a white celebrity to sound off in order for people to take institutional transphobia and transmisogyny seriously. Even if this is a notable escalation, it displays a serious devaluing of the violence faced by any invisible transfem, seeing as we are typically the canary in the coal mine. Marginalized transfems of all stripes, nonwhite, disabled, poor, have been begging for people to pay attention and take stuff seriously and it's a disgrace that it's just been met with, at best, performative gestures. We need to keep us safe, and we need to do better to do that.

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[d0gwithabr0kenleg]

silly cas stuff <:

[chechula]

Inktober! I wanted to draw more creepy illustrations this year, but....I am just better at comedy :D So it is mix. It is ink+g-pen with no sketches before, I think all this messy lines suits horror theme ♥

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Yesterday, a Los Angeles passport agency refused to issue a passport renewal to a trans woman. The agency kept all of her documents, did not issue her a passport, and threatened to arrest her.

At first, the agency told her that they could only issue her a "male" passport. All of her documents (federal and state) are updated to "female." After she agreed to accept the "male" passport, the agency rescinded this option and told her that they will not be issuing her ANY passport.

They proceeded to keep all of her documents. She was told she would be arrested if she did not stop asking clarifying questions and immediately leave the office.

She left under threat of arrest. She is now without a passport and all of the documentation she had with her to renew her passport.

[bobcronkphotography]

2024, you were an album of memories - passport stamps, breathtaking views, and unforgettable stories. Now it’s time to pack our bags for 2025, a year waiting to be explored! 📸 ✈️

[randomnoteforfuturereference]

Advice to fellow Americans:

If you don't have one already, buy a passport.

Not necessarily to get out of the country; though it never hurts to have a bugout plan just in case, and on a light note I always recommend traveling if you can.

I'm recommending because it's about as rock solid of documentation as you can have. To the point that it frequently functions as a one-for-two when places like a job application ask for ID *and* proof of residency.

And to be blunt, especially if you're not white, it's about as rock solid of proof of citizenship as you can get.

Oh, and if you want a cheaper and more portable option, a passport card meets all of the same standards as a passport. The only thing is that it can't be used for international travel via plane; it's only good for Mexico and Canada by land/ferry, as well as some Carribean countries by cruise.

[todaysdocument]

Passport Application of Martin Luther King Jr.

Record Group 59: General Records of the Department of StateSeries: Selected Passport ApplicationsFile Unit: King, Martin Luther, Jr.

[marginalia] Declassified Authority NND 66640

[form/]

[marginalia] TWX P [/marginalia]

(PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT)

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

PASSPORT APPLICATION

(Before Completing this Application, Read Information for Passport Applicants on Page 4)

A PART I - TO BE COMPLETED BY ALL APPLICANTS

(First name) (Middle name) (Last name)

I, Martin Luther King, Jr., a citizen

of the United States, do hereby apply to the Department of State for a passport.

MAIL PASSPORT TO

[handwritten/] Will Call today 4³⁰ [/handwritten]

DATE OF BIRTH (Month, day, year)

January 15, 1929

PLACE OF BIRTH

Atlanta, Georgia

HEIGHT

5 FT. 7 IN.

COLOR OF HAIR

black

COLOR OF EYES

brown

APPROXIMATE DATE OF DEPARTURE

August 14, 1964

VISIBLE DISTINGUISHING MARKS

[blank]

OCCUPATION

Minister

[column to right of Section A]

(Passport Office Use Only)

R D O DP

E 5 7 9 7 2 0

PASSPORT ISSUED

Aug 13 '64

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

NEW YORK PASSPORT AGENCY

B PERSONS TO BE INCLUDED IN PASSPORT (Include photographic likenesses in group photo)

This section to be completed only if wife or husband is to be included in applicant's passport

(WIFE'S) (HUSBAND'S) FULL LEGAL NAME

[blank]

This section to be completed only if children are to be included in applicant's passport

NAME IN FULL

form 1359

PLACE OF BIRTH (City, State or Country)

prepared

[section] C

IF PASSPORT PREVIOUSLY APPLIED FOR GIVE YEAR [blank] (AND NAME IF DIFFERENT FROM PRESENT NAME). FOR EACH PERSON INCLUDED IN THIS

APPLICATION WHO HAS RECEIVED A PASSPORT, COMPLETE INFORMATION BELOW:

[~4x6(?) photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. adhered to sheet]

[headings: BEARER // APPLICANT / SPOUSE / CHILDREN]

[all sections blank]

PASSPORT NO.

2 [(?)]

DATE OF ISSUE

1961 [complete document and transcription at link]

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[caleod]

7-10-24 "Passport"

[mama-ino]

Inktober ⁷ - Passport

✨️⭐️International- SUPER SPY⭐️✨️

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Updated Feb. 1st 2025

[danepopfrippery]

Be careful my trans and nonbinary darlings. Get a passport now even if its ur assigned gender (i know its awful to say but life and death here)

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Fae Johnstone, a prominent trans activist from Ottawa, is calling on the federal government to update its travel guidance for LGBTQ+ people traveling to the United States following an executive order from the new president. The order prevents trans people from using washrooms and facilities that match their gender identity, withholds taxpayer funds from being used for gender-affirming healthcare, and requires government-issued identification to reflect the sex the person was assigned at birth, including passports. In the U.S., like in Canada, gender-non-conforming people had the option to put an “X” for their gender on a passport. While it seems passports already issued with an “X” in the United States are still valid, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio reportedly ordered a pause on passport applications with an “X.” It’s unclear where the United States stands on Canadians with an “X” entering the country.

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