Trans people are racing to update their passports, IDs, and other documents before Trump takes office. “I’d imagine they’re gonna go full throttle,” said a 19-year-old trans man. “I’m hoping I receive my passport just in time before January 20.”
When Elizabeth came home from work on Election Day in New York last week, her 10-year-old daughter wanted to tell her something: “‘Mama, I have some bad news. Donald Trump won,’” Elizabeth recalled her saying. “I said, ‘Oh yeah, I heard that today. But you know, it’s okay. We’ll be okay.”to stop her from obtaining gender-affirming medical treatment, from playing sports with other girls, or from ever having a teacher use the pronouns of her choice.
“I’m definitely getting my documents changed sooner because of the results of the election,” said Percy, a trans man in Washington. Although they feel relieved to be getting the process underway, Percy said part of them also fears they might eventually “end up on a list” somewhere. “States like Texas are alreadywho have changed their documents, so it seems plausible that they’d try to do that on a federal level as well,” Percy said. “I don’t know what’s going to happen.
But as the fight kicks into gear, not everyone in the LGBTQ+ community is confident that Democrats will have their backs,. “It’s been clear over the past week that the Democrats have decided it was identity politics that lost the national election somehow,” said Matt, a gay man in Washington State worried about his upcoming nuptials. “So I don’t have a lot of faith that social issues will be prioritized at all over the next four years.
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