• frickineh@lemmy.world
      263·
      1 day ago

      I mean, saying people should avoid updating their documents because this is the new policy is, in fact, untrue. Also, most of the documents listed are handled at the county or state level, not the federal level, so it’s going to be extremely location-dependent, other than passports.

        • frickineh@lemmy.world
          111·
          22 hours ago

          Oh I’m sure it is - my office has had quite a few people in to change gender markers recently, which wasn’t a surprise. However, updating a drivers license or doing a name change may still be possible, especially for people who may not plan to travel internationally.

          • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
            9·
            22 hours ago

            True, it’s just a huge blow because updated federal ID documents were an easy fall back for trans people living in states where they can’t update their state level documents, for whatever reason.

      • ShareMySims@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        118·
        22 hours ago

        For starters, you made a blanket statement about the post in its entirety claiming it, and the experience of the person who made it, isn’t true, you can backpedal now, but that’s what you did.

        Secondly:

        so it’s going to be extremely location-dependent, other than passports.

        In other words

        Your, or even any, office not receiving official orders doesn’t make this not true.

        Thirdly:

        https://theintercept.com/2025/01/23/marco-rubio-state-department-passports-gender-trans-nonbinary/

        You not being comfortable confronting reality doesn’t mean it isn’t happening.

        • frickineh@lemmy.world
          181·
          21 hours ago

          What in my comments gives you the impression I’m not comfortable “confronting reality”? I’m under no illusions about what the Trump administration is planning and how many people they’re going to hurt. I’m just saying that it’s not a policy to confiscate someone’s passport based on their gender marker at this time.