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[–] 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Glad you made it, squid! I can tell you there's nothing to fear with those eGates, as they check the photo, not your gender.

Regardless, it seems like you got out at the right time.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I get that they check the photo, I'm saying that if they're not going to allow you to express your real gender in a passport, they're almost certainly not going to allow you to express it in your passport photo.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The scanners check around ~100 data points like

    Distance between the eyes

    Width of the nose

    Depth of the eye sockets

    Shape of the cheekbones

    Length of the jaw line

    presumably with a bunch of failsafes and a tolerance threshold for acceptability. Something like facial hair, makeup, glasses, haircut won't even blip it.

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