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[–] 38 points 10 months ago (9 children)

Many citizens don't leave their state. Plenty of them are hand to mouth and can't afford groceries. Even local travel is a luxury to some, so I can understand why they might not have the desire to go through the process and pay for the passport, not to mention that many people don't know their SSN or have their birth certificates.

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  • [+] 24 points 10 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (7 children)
  • [+] -11 points 10 months ago (6 children)

    I looked it up, my understanding is US passports are currently issued with your "assigned sex at birth", i.e. not your gender or biological sex.

    Basically, the passport isn't showing your gender.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago

    No, it's showing what's in my pants. Or was in my pants at birth if I've had an operation. And if my gender presentation doesn't match someone's expectations, it means I will potentially get detained or harassed. Or possibly even arrested depending on the country.

    So the intent is to hurt the trans community. And being all, 'well actually' about it being sex assigned at birth feels like a bad faith take.

    Which is why you're getting downvoted.

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  • [–] -1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    It's weird to live in a world where sex assigned at birth and gender are two vastly different things.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    Oh for sure, I'm not saying foreign travel or passport fees are an achievable goal for every single adult American. But we are talking here about the group of people who fly at the very least domestically. And for that, you need Real ID, which does require you to supply things like your SSN and birth certificate. So for that group specifically that we're talking about here, the domestic flyers that already need or have Real ID, I think a passport is a logical thing to get as well if it's in your budget.

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