A State Department spokesperson confirmed that they will deny or delay passport issuance unless and until an applicant provides "sufficient” evidence of their “binary, biological sex at birth.”
The study brief, published Oct. 7, has powerful data but unfortunately the way it is written aligns with gender conservative animus- additional context shows that alignment is deliberate.
The State Department has denied a passport application to a trans woman because she did not provide evidence that she is applying as her assigned sex at birth.
The change reverses longstanding policy which separated queer kids from potential abuse.
No version of this CR would've banned trans healthcare or directly targeted trans rights- the standing issue was whether the ACA subsidies would be ended.
Zohran Mamdani is going to be NYC's next mayor and has a track record of defending trans people.
The 224 page list of amendments includes provisions to criminalize protest of past government actions, ban photo editing software, and effectively criminalize promotion of content the government deems “pornographic.”
According to NPR’s reporting, these rules are a dramatic expansion of power and an unprecedented type of executive rulemaking. However, members of the public could still make their voices heard and pressure the rules to be dropped.
