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   Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Monday, 13-Oct-2025 23:01:20 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber

   Is this right? That *tomorrow* they're going to start denying, in some way or another, X gender markers at US borders / on US passports? https://www.gtlaw-insidebusinessimmigration.com/u-s-customs-and-border-protection-cbp/cbp-enforces-binary-sex-codes-and-enhanced-us-passport-validation-in-apis/

   It's not quite clear what they're going to end up doing. Will they "infer" a binary gender, or will they deny the validity of the passport?

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     Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Monday, 13-Oct-2025 23:08:22 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber

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     • Jae

     @considermycat what about people coming back from travel, inside or outside the US?

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     Jae (considermycat@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Monday, 13-Oct-2025 23:08:23 JST Jae

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     @cwebber Seems pretty clear they will block people with X markers from entering or leaving the United States. The booking details *must* match the passport, but the booking details can only have an M or F. So if your passport has an X: new passport or no transit

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     Stewart Russell (scruss@xoxo.zone)'s status on Monday, 13-Oct-2025 23:25:21 JST Stewart Russell

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     @cwebber Yes, sadly. From tomorrow, US CBP is rejecting any passport containing [^MF] in the gender identifier field as incomplete. The airline will have to resubmit with an inferred value before the passenger can board.

     The Canadian travel advisory for the USA says: "… You might face entry restrictions in countries that do not recognize the “X” gender identifier." — https://travel.gc.ca/destinations/united-states

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     Carolyn (cstamp@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Oct-2025 01:22:31 JST Carolyn

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     • Scout

     @ScruffyJunco @cwebber Frankly, I am terrified that our right has been taking notes from your right and are making too many inroads. It seems too may, particularly those lacking education, like being given permission to be their worst selves. It's a fight we are all in, like it or not. Human rights are human rights or they're not. :(

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     Carolyn (cstamp@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Oct-2025 01:22:32 JST Carolyn

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     @cwebber Another reason to stop travelling to the US. I have always thought the bathroom bans made it unsafe for all women, this just underlines that. :(

     And this also affect airlines, not just border. So much empathy for the Americans who did not vote for this.

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     Scout (scruffyjunco@sfba.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Oct-2025 01:22:32 JST Scout

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     • Carolyn

     @CStamp @cwebber

     Thank you for the empathy, Neighbor. 🙏

     Christine Lemmer-Webber repeated this.