Ancestors

Written by Daisy Leigh Brenecki on 2025-01-25 at 05:57

Why does the US CBP require me to enter my passport number, as a mandatory field, just to ask them a goddamn question‽

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Written by Joel Michael on 2025-01-25 at 06:04

@daisy just in case you’re a terrorist?

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Written by Daisy Leigh Brenecki on 2025-01-25 at 06:27

@jpm I mean I am transgender and a foreign national, which seems to amount to more or less the same thing in the eyes of the current administration, so y’know.

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Toot

Written by Joel Michael on 2025-01-25 at 06:30

@daisy nods true, things have rapidly changed there in the last couple of days

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Descendants

Written by Daisy Leigh Brenecki on 2025-01-25 at 06:31

@jpm literally the reason I am emailing is to ask whether I can still enter the US using a passport with an “X” gender marker

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Written by Joel Michael on 2025-01-25 at 06:44

@daisy that’s… a good question, given the last week. DFAT may also be able to assist. Speaking of which, I wonder if they’ve changed their travel advice for the USA in the last week?

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Written by Daisy Leigh Brenecki on 2025-01-25 at 06:44

@jpm they haven’t, not yet, I looked earlier today

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Written by Joel Michael on 2025-01-25 at 06:53

@daisy yeah, seems DFAT still says “queers beware” for the USA:

No federal law explicitly protects LGBTQIA+ people from discrimination, and not all state and local non-discrimination laws include protections based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

Some states and localities have laws that may discriminate against or otherwise affect LGBTQIA+ travellers. Check relevant state and local laws.

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Written by Daisy Leigh Brenecki on 2025-01-25 at 06:54

@jpm yep, more or less the same as what the advice has always been

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Written by Joelle on 2025-01-25 at 15:09

@daisy @jpm

It may change over the next few months, too, unfortunately, because transphobic regulations are still being written.

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Written by Daisy Leigh Brenecki on 2025-01-25 at 22:52

@joelle @jpm Yeah. The EO also has a 180 day window for government bodies to comply, and my possible US travel is less than 180 days away.

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