I received my new #passport today. From the day I turned my application in at the post office to today, 4 weeks & 5 days passed, including today.
I got my 1st one in 1977. I never used it & eventually it was lost. My name was different then; not my maiden name & of course not my current name.
The only documents I had to show were a certified copy of my birth certificate & my Real ID. The total cost was $165 + photo
If you're hesitating because you think it will be hard, don't wait.
SOSmitmensch-Verein mit der "Pass Egal Wahl" bei der Sozial Marie nominiert, des Projekt-Träger: Unruhe Privatstiftung
“This policy is not a #passport policy. It’s an anti- #trans policy and the executive order is very clear about that,” ACLU lawyer Li Nowlin-Soul, said after the court hearing. “It’s very important to take up this fight because there are so many attacks on trans people right now ... The government has given no justification for why this policy has been put in place.” https://apnews.com/article/trump-order-transgender-nonbinary-passport-lawsuit-3f2060b709019591b545abda26428712
#HotTake: Every #human should be entitled by international #law to free, unseizeable #ID documents in the form of a travel #passport to evidence their #identity and have #FreedomOfMovement as well as a chance to #flee.
Why?
@ProPublica Is ProPublica or some other news organization using social media to track and summarize what the #MAGAmoron #gestapo should be tracking? I'd like to think someone, somewhere will know when I'm disappeared for not being able to prove my #US citizenship beyond a #passport.
Passport TAKE ACTION!
DEADLINE for this action is March 17!
Please leave your comments on the State Department website and give your opinion on the new government passport policy.
![Below is an example statement:
Hello, my name is [___], and | am a constituent of [city].
I am an American student studying abroad/citizen working abroad, and I care deeply about my country. | am writing to you now as a concerned citizen and ally of the transgender community regarding the recent executive order, "Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government."
This order has already suspended the processing of all applications from Americans seeking to update their passports with a new gender marker, leaving them without access to their passports & supporting documents.
If passed, this policy would put people at risk - the act of crossing into another country with a passport that doesn’t reflect their gender accurately would be dangerous. This legislation is harmful and unnecessary. Our government should focus on protecting and expanding rights, not taking them away.](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/144/047/007/361/867/original/9fdd6f22385bda29.png "Below is an example statement:
Hello, my name is [___], and | am a constituent of [city].
I am an American student studying abroad/citizen working abroad, and I care deeply about my country. | am writing to you now as a concerned citizen and ally of the transgender community regarding the recent executive order, \"Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government.\"
This order has already suspended the processing of all applications from Americans seeking to update their passports with a new gender marker, leaving them without access to their passports & supporting documents.
If passed, this policy would put people at risk - the act of crossing into another country with a passport that doesn’t reflect their gender accurately would be dangerous. This legislation is harmful and unnecessary. Our government should focus on protecting and expanding rights, not taking them away.")
The culling of #GSA’s #18F in particular, a specialized #digital services agency tasked w/improving #user experience w/govt services & helping #FederalAgencies build & buy a variety of #tech, has crippled programs that silently but effectively prepared Americans for #weather #disasters or streamlined tasks, like renewing a #passport or filing #taxes. Over the wknd, ~90 technologists at 18F were fired via surprise email that went out shortly before 1AM ET on Sat morning.
Since #ElonMusk’s so-called #DOGE took over important govt #technology teams within the #GSA & what was formally known as the #USDS, around 200 technologists have either resigned or been fired, jeopardizing around a decade’s worth of work dedicated to everything from #PublicHealth to #passport applications.
@gleick Pardon me Sir, but what are you doing in the USA with a South African -and- a Canadian passport?
F%$½*^%ed up stuff I never knew.
Remember all those WWII movies where the #Nazis demand to see your papers?
You can order a wallet sized #passport ID card that's easy to carry in a wallet or clutch. As far as I know it will only get you across the Canadian or Mexican border but it might help in a situation like this. Mine is with me all of the time and I encourage my family to carry them as well.
Live in the US and don't have a passport? Get both now.
Trans actress Hunter Schaefer reveals that the government has changed her gender marker on her passport.
@christineburns @transworld Sex is a mandatory field on #ICAO 9303-compliant #passports (see part 4, section 4.1), a standard first published in 1980.
It's unclear to me how sex became part of the #standard. From immediately accessible accounts of the process, it was rather informal, bouncing around between a small working group and assorted ICAO representatives.
