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Reports of US Documentation Agents Confiscating Trans Peoples Passports (slrpnk.net)
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Source in pic: https://homestead.social/@lily/113878607769958499

Secondary confirmation: https://bsky.app/profile/erinryanhey.bsky.social/post/3lggfjx55vk2w

Anecdotally, I've seen several more reports.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This is not official Government policy. It's just one transphobic employee getting a bit ahead of themselves.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

It certainly hasn’t stopped people from reading one social media post on Mastodon and tearing around the internet shouting “BREAKING NEWS”.

Thanks random Central_Committee chatter who kicked off an hour-long detour of my workday trying to verify this