keep seeing people say trump’s gender proposal would apply to driver’s licenses but i can’t find any evidence that that’s true, because they are dealt with at the state level.
also, so far the state department claims to have no plans to change its sex policy for passports, though i think it would certainly be prudent to get your passport applications in as soon as possible nonetheless.
clarification re: passports: this probably depends on your situation. there have been some reports of problems (which may or may not be systematic, dating from before the leak of trump’s draft proposal) so i think you’ll want to weigh that against how urgently you need a new passport. if you need one urgently, though, my personal read is that it’ll probably get worse before it gets better. as always, i am not a lawyer
@cesoirvert replied:
Wording on the doctor’s letter matters a lot for passports. It has to be an originally signed letter from an MD and has to state permanent and irreversible treatment to a new sex, it specifically needs to say sex. The letter can say “gender and/or sex” if that is preferable to you. It also has to state how long the MD has treated you (month and year treatment started is fine). Anyway that’s what my work does and so far it’s worked with these tweaks but … we’ll see I guess
this seems like actionable information, thank you!
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