How the hell did I forget June being the lgbt-pride month in the States?!
USA - New Policy on Gender Change in Passports Announced:
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.
Transphobic Tropes #4 - “My Theories Are More Important Than Your Experience”What I want to talk about this time is how trans people are positioned outside of discourse, and our thoughts, motivations and desires are ventriloquised by an array of “experts,” including feminists and queer theorists of all stripes.