Category: identity documents

  • State Department puts “X” passport applicants in limbo

    State Department puts “X” passport applicants in limbo

    Rating: Transsupportive, Papers, Please, March 12, 2025 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations See Also Content Summary State Department puts “X” passport applicants in limbo The US State Department is withholding passports from some US citizens, effectively denying them the ability to leave or return to the US, without any basis in law…

  • CA Gov Gavin Newsom “Completely Aligns” With Charlie Kirk On Trans Issues In Podcast

    CA Gov Gavin Newsom “Completely Aligns” With Charlie Kirk On Trans Issues In Podcast

    Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, March 6, 2025 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary CA Gov Gavin Newsom “Completely Aligns” With Charlie Kirk On Trans Issues In Podcast The California Governor, in the launch of his new podcast, announced that he completely aligned with far-right, anti-LGBTQ+ influencer Charlie…

  • US Senate Democrats block bill to ban trans athletes from women’s sports

    US Senate Democrats block bill to ban trans athletes from women’s sports

    Rating: Transsupportive, Guardian, March 4, 2025 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary US Senate Democrats block bill to ban trans athletes from women’s sports Democratic senator says trans athletes ‘deserve an ally’ after Republican-led bill quashed in razor-sharp 51-45 vote Joseph Gedeon in Washington Tue 4 Mar 2025 10.21 EST US Senate Democrats banded…

  • Draft Response to 30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Application for a U.S. Passport

    Draft Response to 30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Application for a U.S. Passport

    Rating: Transsupportive, Gender Menace, March 2, 2025 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations See Also Content Summary I oppose the proposed change in passport requirements and forms in response to an ill-advised executive order as described here: “To comply with E.O. 14168, “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to…

  • Over fierce objections, Iowa GOP moves closer to ending trans civil rights protections

    Rating: Transneutral, Des Moines Register, February 25, 2025 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations See Also Content Summary Over fierce objections, Iowa GOP moves closer to ending trans civil rights protections Stephen Gruber-Miller Marissa Payne Des Moines Register Iowa Republicans moved closer to removing protections against discrimination for transgender Iowans from…

  • Bill removing transgender civil rights sparks protests at Iowa State Capitol

    Bill removing transgender civil rights sparks protests at Iowa State Capitol

    Rating: Transneutral, We Are Iowa, February 25, 2025 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations See Also Content Summary Bill removing transgender civil rights sparks protests at Iowa State Capitol House Republicans advanced the bill Monday on a 13-8 vote, making it eligible for floor debate as soon as Thursday. Author: Connor O’Neal…

  • Trans World Express

    Rating: Transsupportive, Trans World Express, February 16, 2025, (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Suggest/Improve an Action on the Action Portal! Content Summary This is an information resource mainly written for trans US citizens considering emigrating to another country, although we hope it is useful beyond that. Please treat this wiki as a…

  • Indian state proposes sweeping LGBTQ policy

    Rating: Transsupportive, Washington Blade, February 15, 2025, (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Suggest/Improve an Action on the Action Portal! Content Summary (Washington Blade photo by Ernesto Valle) The government of Tamil Nadu in southern India has proposed a policy that is designed to improve the lives of LGBTQ and intersex people in…

  • Erasing Stonewall’s Trans History Betrays a Losing Hand

    Rating: Transsupportive, Medium, February 14, 2025, (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Suggest/Improve an Action on the Action Portal! Content Summary Erasing Stonewall’s Trans History Betrays a Losing Hand Riki Wilchins The National Parks Service has erased all mention of trans people from Stonewall National Monument, but erasure will not stop us. [The…

  • 30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Application for a U.S. Passport

    30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Application for a U.S. Passport

    Rating: Transphobic, Federal Register, February 14, 2025 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary 30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Application for a U.S. Passport A Notice by the State Department on 02/14/2025 SUBMIT A PUBLIC COMMENT 7634 comments received. View posted comments PUBLISHED DOCUMENT: 2025-02648 (90 FR 9652) DOCUMENT HEADINGS Department of State ACTION: Notice of request…