Effective today...A sign of times changing!

[LynetteMarie]

Effective today!
Congrats to the LGBT community.
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New Policy on Gender Change in Passports Announced
from state.gov website

Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC

June 9, 2010

The U.S. Department of State is pleased to use the occasion of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Month to announce its new policy guidelines regarding gender change in passports and Consular Reports of Birth Abroad.

Beginning June 10, when a passport applicant presents a certification from an attending medical physician that the applicant has undergone appropriate clinical treatment for gender transition, the passport will reflect the new gender. The guidelines include detailed information about what information the certification must include. It is also possible to obtain a limited-validity passport if the physician’s statement shows the applicant is in the process of gender transition. No additional medical records are required. Sexual reassignment surgery is no longer a prerequisite for passport issuance. A Consular Report of Birth Abroad can also be amended with the new gender.

As with all passport applicants, passport issuing officers at embassies and consulates abroad and domestic passport agencies and centers will only ask appropriate questions to obtain information necessary to determine citizenship and identity.

The new policy and procedures are based on standards and recommendations of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), recognized by the American Medical Association as the authority in this field.

[Ansley]

I bet RK is going to be overjoyed with this news.

[pjorourke]

I was thinking WTF would be.

[charlestudor2005]

But....what about us poor hermaphrodites? Don't we get a nod from the govmint?

[Sa_artman]

All closet conservatives rejoice!

http://www.badmouth.net/top-five-rep...-sex-scandals/

[Guest042611]

Exciting news, indeed! Thanks for posting, Lynette!

[John Bull]

[Quote]From Lynette:Sexual reassignment surgery is no longer a prerequisite for passport issuance[/quote}

The quoted line would seem to indicate that if I could find a doc who says I'm fine wearing a dress, then I'm a woman in the eyes of the government.

If that isn't cause for weeping about the shape of this administration, I don't know what is.

[thx]

On a recent medical form to a physical therapist, it was worded:
"What ethnicity do you claim?"
It was a fill in blank. I simply answered Human, and went to the next question.

[atlcomedy]

Originally Posted by LynetteMarie

The U.S. Department of State is pleased to use the occasion of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Month.....

I want to know when we will get Straight White Male Pride Month?

btw...I had no clue this was an issue or was even happening...unless this creates security issues, I really could care less...

[pjorourke]

Originally Posted by atlcomedy

I want to know when we will get Straight White Male Pride Month?

btw...I had no clue this was an issue or was even happening...unless this creates security issues, I really could care less...

The day after hell freezes over.

[WTF]

Originally Posted by atlcomedy

btw...I had no clue this was an issue or was even happening...unless this creates security issues, I really could care less...

Imagine showing up at immigration dressed as a girl, tits bigger than Pam Anderson and they gotcha stamped as a guy on your passport. Osama Bin Laden wouldn't get searched as hard!

[charlestudor2005]

Originally Posted by WTF

Imagine showing up at immigration dressed as a girl, tits bigger than Pam Anderson and they gotcha stamped as a guy on your passport. Osama Bin Laden wouldn't get searched as hard!

Or get as hard after this kind of search...He'd leave all tented out.

[atlcomedy]

Originally Posted by WTF

Imagine showing up at immigration dressed as a girl, tits bigger than Pam Anderson and they gotcha stamped as a guy on your passport. Osama Bin Laden wouldn't get searched as hard!

You signing up for the job to check for "junk" -- you know give all the tvts's a big "squeeze"

[LynetteMarie]

Originally Posted by John Bull

From Lynette:Sexual reassignment surgery is no longer a prerequisite for passport issuance

The quoted line would seem to indicate that if I could find a doc who says I'm fine wearing a dress, then I'm a woman in the eyes of the government.
If that isn't cause for weeping about the shape of this administration, I don't know what is.

LOL but it is so much more complicated than that. It can be an excruciatingly long (sometimes years) and ongoing process with lots of visits to doctors, therapists, psychiatrists, etc... As a supporter of the LGBTQI community and with friends seeking gender reassignment surgery, I think it is a step in the right direction.
Hopefully SW rights issues are soon to follow!

charlestudor2005, I realize you were joking but I want to point out that the term "hermaphrodite" is considered antiquated and offensive. A better term is "intersexed person." I know, I know...so PC.
Wait, isn't there a better term for "PC" now?

ATL, so you COULD or COULDN'T care less? LOL. I realize some of you more outspoken participants here couldn't care less about this, but there is an audience of readers here who are allies and activists for a number of human rights issues who may have missed this news from last week. Since the SW and the LGBTQI communities are supportive of each other's progress in attaining rights, I feel it's important to spread the good news on forums such as this.

[Sa_artman]

[quote=John Bull;353296]

From Lynette:Sexual reassignment surgery is no longer a prerequisite for passport issuance[/quote}

The quoted line would seem to indicate that if I could find a doc who says I'm fine wearing a dress, then I'm a woman in the eyes of the government.

If that isn't cause for weeping about the shape of this administration, I don't know what is.

Amazing how you put a spin on that. You a writer at Fox?