I'm in the middle of changing the sex on my passport, and I thought I would share the information I received from the passport authority. THe requirements for passports are lower than for birth certificates:

( APIS' response: )

AUSTRALIA: Getting a passport made easier for sex and gender diverse people

http://foreignminister.gov.au/

Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd and Attorney-General Robert McClelland today announced ( Read more... )

From NCTE:

The U.S. State Department has announced some small but important additional changes to its policy for updating gender on U.S. passports and Consular Reports of Birth Abroad (CRBAs). The changes make clear that any physician who has treated or evaluated a passport applicant may certify that he or she has had appropriate treatment for ( Read more... )

Greetings. I have dual nationality, and was born, live and currently attend university outside of America. I am aware that it is possible to handle passport renewal by post or at the embassy in London; are there postable forms to use to make alterations to one's passport and/or social security information ( Read more... )

So, another question. How has it been to get passports for those of you that have went out of state? i know that there are diff. laws in diff. states, but just the general adventure *or lack there of* that anyone has been through. I've been looking at Suporn for sometime *too bad Reed's has such a horrible rep.* and I'm turning my eyes back to ( Read more... )

So I kind of have two questions for the folks out there who've gotten their passports. I've never actually gotten a passport before, so the one I'm filing for right now is my first one ever. I'm really excited, but of course mother dearest is panicking that someone's going to make my life hell (thats really the only thing she's ever concerned about ( Read more... )

This is a repost from my journal. I decided it could benefit from a wider audience.    It has until recently been the case that a transsexual citizen of Australia could have issued to them a passport showing their 'intended sex', on condition that they demonstrated their intention to have surgical reassignment within a year - after which time the ( Read more... )