The Needle has concluded that the State Department is likely asserting the power to deem U.S. citizens who they determine to be ideologically "far-left", and who seem to be especially active in transgender advocacy, as "national security" risks, and consequently revoking their passports.
Even if you can’t get the correct gender marker, you can still get a passport with your legal name. If you don’t have a passport, it is still worth doing so.
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 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.
This was decided by the Shadow Docket, a method used by the Supreme Court to avoid scrutiny on controversial legal questions.
Asylum seeking is set up to function as the most invasive and dehumanizing type of immigration - If you have a US passport your only option is to immigrate legally.
Every trans woman who gets out of the US or UK is a victory, not a betrayal. Here are a few ways the author knows of to facilitate "getting out."
“If you as a trans woman remove yourself from danger, you have done more invaluable work than most will to protect the life of a trans woman.” - Willow Theatre
