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Lead Data Scientist, activist, survivor. Was actually assaulted by an actual right-wing terrorist. Opinions belong only to me, especially the bad ones. she/they

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    Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski Sep 12

    Emily G Retweeted Moom 🎃Aura

    WE. FUCKING. TOLD. YOU.https://twitter.com/MOOMANiBE/status/1040009565339713539 …

    Emily G added,

    Moom 🎃Aura @MOOMANiBE
    So.. sometime in the last two days, the US government page on changing gender designation on a passport was alterted, replacing all language referring to "Gender Designation" with "Sex Designation" & adding text explicitly specifying "sex change to male or female" across the page pic.twitter.com/o7pVHFqeyd
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      2. Kim Crayton  🏢  💻 🎙‏ @KimCrayton1 Sep 13
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

        Would any of you mind explaining the intended outcome of these changes? I have some assumptions, given our current political climate but my assumptions are still limited to my perspectives. Gender Designation vs Sex Designation? And the detailed physician requirements?

        1 reply 1 retweet 6 likes
      3. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski Sep 13
        Replying to @KimCrayton1

        Ultimately, many believe this to be part of a plan implemented by Family Research Council to deny trans people rights. This policy change mirrors point 1:https://www.huffingtonpost.com/brynn-tannehill/and-then-they-came-for-tr_b_9258678.html …

        2 replies 22 retweets 55 likes
      4. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski Sep 13
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski @KimCrayton1

        Ultimately, this language co-opts the clumsy distinctions many, including many trans activists, have made over the years between sex and gender. These distinctions are erroneous and harmful, and this is one way that the well-intentioned effort has been leveraged for harm.

        1 reply 6 retweets 30 likes
      5. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski Sep 13
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski @KimCrayton1

        Sex and gender are both social constructs, and the *impact* of differentiating sex and gender has been to use one concept (sex) to codify policies against transgender people.

        1 reply 9 retweets 31 likes
      6. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski Sep 13
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski @KimCrayton1

        The language of the policy change makes that clear. “Oh, we’re not judging your *gender*, we’re just judging your sex, so it’s fine, ignore all the very real social and legal implications that this ‘sex marker’ has on how you move through the world.”

        1 reply 5 retweets 30 likes
      7. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski Sep 13
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski @KimCrayton1

        The detailed medical requirements are a form of hate keeping. Not all trans folks have access to this kind of medical care. And not all physicians are willing to sign papers containing this kind of language, for fear of reprisal or liability.

        1 reply 4 retweets 31 likes
      8. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski Sep 13
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski @KimCrayton1

        Furthermore, not all trans people can or want to medically transition. That is not sufficient reason to deny them access to accurate identification necessary for them to exist in public.

        1 reply 3 retweets 30 likes
      9. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski Sep 13
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski @KimCrayton1

        Finally, the new requirements cast a lot of uncertainty on people who have already gone through all of these processes. Not every state allows easy name/gender marker changes. Some places are very expensive. Some states require you to publish your name change, which can be unsafe

        1 reply 3 retweets 33 likes
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      2. Sophie Alpert‏ @sophiebits Sep 12
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

        Sophie Alpert Retweeted Moom 🎃Aura

        this part makes it seem… almost well intentioned?https://twitter.com/moomanibe/status/1040012564111876098 …

        Sophie Alpert added,

        Moom 🎃Aura @MOOMANiBE
        Ah, here's the part explaining the language change across the entire page. New text is highlighted. pic.twitter.com/xCJogRtHEz
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        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
      3. Audrey June‏ @AssumeACanOpenr Sep 12
        Replying to @sophiebits @EmilyGorcenski

        I wouldn’t go that far. I am just thankful that it still says your doctor determines what qualifies.

        2 replies 1 retweet 6 likes
      4. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski Sep 12
        Replying to @AssumeACanOpenr @sophiebits

        But also doctors are terrible

        1 reply 0 retweets 16 likes
      5. Audrey June‏ @AssumeACanOpenr Sep 12
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski @sophiebits

        Depends on your doctor but this was true before the change. The discretionary component isn’t new and removing it would have likely meant mandatory SRS to have the market changed

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      6. Leah Weller (they/them)‏ @queerpdf Sep 12
        Replying to @AssumeACanOpenr @EmilyGorcenski @sophiebits

        I would say it’s the opposite of well-intentioned and is veering toward the bioessentialist nature of sex is all that matters.

        2 replies 1 retweet 15 likes
      7. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski Sep 12
        Replying to @queerpdf @AssumeACanOpenr @sophiebits

        I can see the reading of “don’t worry we’re not disputing your gender identity” but I think that was either incidental or a deliberate attempt at placation

        2 replies 1 retweet 10 likes
      8. Leah Weller (they/them)‏ @queerpdf Sep 12
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski @AssumeACanOpenr @sophiebits

        I can also see that reading. Could be either explanation. I’m definitely wary since it still excludes nonbinary people and also excludes many trans people. We gotta take what we can get, I suppose, and then demand more.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      9. Audrey June‏ @AssumeACanOpenr Sep 12
        Replying to @queerpdf @EmilyGorcenski @sophiebits

        I would like to see us push from the removal of gender and sex markers from ID. That shit is unnecessary.

        2 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
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      2. cognitive insistence‏ @CInsistence Sep 12
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

        What is the end game here? Just to make life more difficult or something more ominous?

        3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      3.  🦖Julie the Godzilla Enthusiast 🌈‏ @TrexPushups Sep 12
        Replying to @CInsistence @EmilyGorcenski

        I am officially terrified now.

        1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
      4. cognitive insistence‏ @CInsistence Sep 12
        Replying to @TrexPushups @EmilyGorcenski

        This is beyond troubling. It could be just to terrorize the community and make them live in shadows but I’m suspecting there’s a plan.

        2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      5.  🦖Julie the Godzilla Enthusiast 🌈‏ @TrexPushups Sep 12
        Replying to @CInsistence

        I can’t do shadows. Every single person in life knows. I didn’t just come out of the closet I welded the door shut behind me.

        0 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
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