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Reports of US Documentation Agents Confiscating Trans Peoples Passports (slrpnk.net)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Source in pic: https://homestead.social/@lily/113878607769958499

Secondary confirmation: https://bsky.app/profile/erinryanhey.bsky.social/post/3lggfjx55vk2w

Anecdotally, I've seen several more reports.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

There are many reasons to be frightened. It just doesn't help to add fictional stories (or at best secondhand anecdotes) to that. Resistance against oppression requires accurate information about what happens, not wild speculation about things that "could have happened".

Telling everyone to stop changing their gender registration is wild and would warrant for more evidence than "I heard from a friend". That's terrible advice and you can't just shrug that off by saying you don't know the truth.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

The ACLU has said:

All applications for gender marker change are on hold while the State Department changes this policy.

Anyone who now submits an application for a change runs the risk of losing access to their passport and documents while their application is being processed.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

There are many reasons to be frightened. It just doesn't help to add fictional stories (or at best secondhand anecdotes) to that.

This is what I mean. You are so sure it's a lie, something that you don't know for sure either, to the extent that you're willing to actively encourage gender diverse people to throw caution to the wind and put their complete faith in a system that was actively working against their interests even before the new president was elected.

Caution is warranted. A bunch of non regular posters to this community seeing this post and deciding to tell trans people that it's all ok, and that they should continue to trust the system, that their caution is unwarranted? If you don't see how being part of that chorus is a problem, then I don't know what to tell you...