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   zip (zip@wandering.shop)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Jan-2025 21:35:09 JST zip

   Given that the order on gender includes visas and that most trans people have updated passports, I assume that this leaves trans people with a choice of either breaking immigration law and hoping the US doesn't know they're trans, or having a mismatch between their visa and passport which will no doubt be used to deny issuance or entry.

   Unfortunately for me the US government definitely officially knows I'm trans.

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Jan-2025 21:35:08 JST goatsarah

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     @zip I've upgraded the US to be on my "do not overfly" list. 😞
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     Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Jan-2025 22:47:24 JST Charlie Stross

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     @goatsarah @zip I am cis, male, and pale: and the USA is the main market for my books. Even so I cancelled all my (provisional) plans for US travel on November 7th. Trans rights are the canary in the coal mine and it's going to get very bad for everyone in due course. (Including most of the folks who voted for him.)

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     Sean Eric Fagan (kithrup@wandering.shop)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Jan-2025 22:56:04 JST Sean Eric Fagan

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     • Charlie Stross
     • goatsarah

     @cstross @goatsarah @zip Yeah I don't think I'll be going to WorldCon.

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 07:33:35 JST goatsarah

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     • Charlie Stross
     @cstross @zip I am simultaneously glad that some sensible cis people recognise this, and dismayed at how small that number is.