cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/18144707
According to the Colorado Name Change Project, the US State Department has stopped processing of all gender marker correction applications. This is confirmed by Notus.org, which adds that the policy change affects passport renewals as well.
At this time, there are rumors that the Minnesota Passport Agency is confiscating documents when denying a gender marker change. These rumors are unconfirmed as of the time of this post, but the situation is still developing.
https://www.namechangeproject.org/gender-marker/
https://m.facebook.com/ColoradoNameChangeProject/
https://www.notus.org/whitehouse/trump-gender-sex-order-passports
The ACLU has a form open for any affected by this policy: https://www.aclu.org/transpassports2025
Update: Marco Rubio has confirmed that the state department has suspended all applications including a gender change or an X gender marker, including applications which were already in progress. Official word on the status of existing passports “will come via other channels.” https://theintercept.com/2025/01/23/marco-rubio-state-department-passports-gender-trans-nonbinary/
I mean that a passport with incorrect information is fine as a means to escape. It would not be a forgery or illegal.
Oh, you’re saying incorrect as in not having a person’s chosen name, etc? Yes, absolutely the best path forward. But I do think most trans folks already know this.