Transgender Ohioans are grappling with confusion, chaos and fear in the weeks following President Donald Trump’s executive order saying there are only two sexes.
The following article was originally published in the Ohio Capital Journal and published on News5Cleveland.com under a content-sharing agreement.“Trans folks have always been here, and transgender communities cannot be erased by the flick of a pen,” said Dwayne Steward, executive director of Equality Ohio .
“Some transgender folks who are trying to get a passport currently or make changes to their passport are having a hard time with that,” Adkison said. “For people who have applied for one and haven’t received it back yet, we don’t know what that process looks like, because it’s unprecedented, and we’re just figuring it out, crowd-sourced information with you know everyone across the state and national partners, and wishing we had more concrete answers for folks.
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