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Related: About this forumTrans Women Say the State Department Is Retroactively Revoking Their Passports
Trans Women Say the State Department Is Retroactively Revoking Their Passports
By Mary Emily O'Hara
July 27, 2018
Since she transitioned in 1998, at the age of 16, all of Danni Askinis identity documents have read female. But last month, when Askini went to renew her passport, her request was denied. Askini says the U.S. Passport Office told her she had failed to disclose that she was transgender and needed to provide proof of gender transition after 20 years of having a passport that says shes female.
Make no mistake, this was an intentional action by the State Department to withhold recognizing my gender, says Askini, who was eventually granted a temporary two-year passport that allowed her to travel from her Seattle home to Sweden. The activist and executive director of Gender Justice League needed to leave Seattle, she says, after a series of death threats posted on the anti-trans website Kiwi Farms, as well as threats from local alt-right groups in the Pacific Northwest. Shed had her most recent passport for 10 years, but it was up for renewal.
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Askini bhttps://www.democraticunderground.com/122858544elieves the only reason she was eventually granted a temporary passport is because Seattle-based congresswoman Rep. Pramila Jayapals office put direct pressure on the passport agency on the well-known activists behalf.
I believe that the Trump Administration or someone in the Seattle Passport Office has targeted me politically and politicized the process for obtaining passports, says Askini. Their actions and statements are NOT consistent with the actual letter of the code related to trans people.
Morehttps://www.them.us/story/trans-women-state-department-passports
By Mary Emily O'Hara
July 27, 2018
Since she transitioned in 1998, at the age of 16, all of Danni Askinis identity documents have read female. But last month, when Askini went to renew her passport, her request was denied. Askini says the U.S. Passport Office told her she had failed to disclose that she was transgender and needed to provide proof of gender transition after 20 years of having a passport that says shes female.
Make no mistake, this was an intentional action by the State Department to withhold recognizing my gender, says Askini, who was eventually granted a temporary two-year passport that allowed her to travel from her Seattle home to Sweden. The activist and executive director of Gender Justice League needed to leave Seattle, she says, after a series of death threats posted on the anti-trans website Kiwi Farms, as well as threats from local alt-right groups in the Pacific Northwest. Shed had her most recent passport for 10 years, but it was up for renewal.
<SNIP>
Askini bhttps://www.democraticunderground.com/122858544elieves the only reason she was eventually granted a temporary passport is because Seattle-based congresswoman Rep. Pramila Jayapals office put direct pressure on the passport agency on the well-known activists behalf.
I believe that the Trump Administration or someone in the Seattle Passport Office has targeted me politically and politicized the process for obtaining passports, says Askini. Their actions and statements are NOT consistent with the actual letter of the code related to trans people.
Morehttps://www.them.us/story/trans-women-state-department-passports
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Trans Women Say the State Department Is Retroactively Revoking Their Passports (Original Post)
csziggy
Jul 2018
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(34,195 posts)1. Trump/Pence
Making America Great Again not
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(1,811 posts)2. It may not be a vendetta;
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/transgender-passport-rules-haven-t-changed-advocates-confirm-amid-concerns-n897361
The National Center for Transgender Equality looked into this and determined that it seems more likely to be a result of unusual circumstances and bureaucratic errors.
It's worth keeping an eye on, I need to get my passport renewed with new name, gender and picture one of these days.
The National Center for Transgender Equality looked into this and determined that it seems more likely to be a result of unusual circumstances and bureaucratic errors.
It's worth keeping an eye on, I need to get my passport renewed with new name, gender and picture one of these days.