The Trump administration has relentlessly attacked transgender people’s basic freedoms. Now authorities are proposing changes to official rules that will deny accurate passports to trans, intersex, and non-binary people by requiring their gender to be recorded as the sex they were assigned at birth. Banning accurate identifications and forcing trans, intersex, and non-binary people to out themselves whenever they show an identification will push them out of public life and expose them to discrimination and violence. The administration must reject this policy change and ensure transgender, intersex, and non-binary people have equal rights and treatment under the law.
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I urge you to reject this proposed policy change that threatens the rights of transgender, intersex, and nonbinary people in the United States of America. President Trump issued an executive order attempting to erase the existence of trans, intersex, and nonbinary people, and denying them equal rights and treatment under the law.
All of us, including transgender, intersex, and non-binary people, need accurate and consistent identity documents that reflect who we are. That’s what identification documents are for. These documents allow us to travel, start new jobs, open bank accounts, and enroll in school.
Every citizen deserves a U.S. passport that matches who they are to ensure they can safely travel with dignity and safety, obtain employment, interact with law enforcement, and go about their daily lives without fear of harassment, undue scrutiny, and discrimination.
This new policy targets an already marginalized population of the United States and denies them identification documents they need to safely travel and live their lives.
I urge you to reject this policy change – do not take away the rights of trans, intersex, and non-binary citizens to obtain a passport that reflects who they are, a right they’ve had in the United States for over 30 years.
Yours sincerely,
[YOUR NAME]
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