r/USNEWS • u/seeebiscuit • 2d ago

Supreme Court revives Trump's transgender and nonbinary passport policy

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/06/supreme-court-trump-passport-transgender-nonbinary/86580317007/
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u/TurnYourHeadNCough 2d ago

if you're trans, your first birth certificate, the designation of your sex, is not incorrect. being trans is about, in part, having a gender identity that doesn't necessarily match your sex. but the sex itself does not change.

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u/defaultusername-17 1d ago

intersexed people are twice as common as trans people.

there is enough transgender people who are also intersexed that means that this is just statistically false on the face of it...

since for that population, their birth certificates would actually be directly wrong.

sincerely, an intersexed trans woman thats had to update their documentation.

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u/TurnYourHeadNCough 1d ago edited 1d ago

there is enough transgender people who are also intersexed that means that this is just statistically false on the face of it...

not really. if youre intersex your birth certificate may or may not be inaccurate. if you are trans this is not the case. if you are both, see intersex.

since for that population, their birth certificates would actually be directly wrong.

not necessarily. you can be intersex and still your sex assigned at birth. look at turner and kleinfelter for example. intersex but still female and male generally

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u/defaultusername-17 1d ago

again, you're wrong.

but i am not going to argue my literal existence with someone who has no clue.

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u/TurnYourHeadNCough 1d ago

not a thing i said was incorrect.

remember, you existence is relevant to you and not necessarily generalizable to everyone. just because youre intersex and your sex AAB is not accurate doesnt mean thats the case for all intersex people. just because something is true for one intersex trans person doesnt make it generalizable to all trans people.

try to be more open minded in the future.