I mean this is true but there should be a known grace period where you can show the cop some sort of medical procedure will be affecting the data on your passport in the coming year. I’ve followed some such transitions and can be a period of several years actually. So maybe the state and federal governments should have a sex change license or application like they do for marriage. That way everything is legal.
I’ve had to carry around proof of my transness for years before I got to change my documents. It’s not really fun having to expose your medical history to that random dude over there because you’re trying to buy alcohol with an ID that says “female” and you have a full beard. It’s humiliating and could even be dangerous if you happen to hand your ID to a raging bigot that’ll now know you’re trans
I mean this is true but there should be a known grace period where you can show the cop some sort of medical procedure will be affecting the data on your passport in the coming year. I’ve followed some such transitions and can be a period of several years actually. So maybe the state and federal governments should have a sex change license or application like they do for marriage. That way everything is legal.
I’ve had to carry around proof of my transness for years before I got to change my documents. It’s not really fun having to expose your medical history to that random dude over there because you’re trying to buy alcohol with an ID that says “female” and you have a full beard. It’s humiliating and could even be dangerous if you happen to hand your ID to a raging bigot that’ll now know you’re trans
Yeah this is such a good point. It’s like being a second grade citizen.