CBP Enforces Binary Sex Codes and Enhanced US Passport Validation in APIS
Sex Field Requirements: Effective Oct. 14, 2025, CBP systems will only accept “M” (Male) or “F” (Female) in the sex field of APIS transmissions. Any other characters will result in an “X Response-Insufficient Information” error, requiring airlines to resubmit the passenger data with corrected information.
I mean, they could at least let them leave the country, right?
so glad the DNC chose corporate greed and Israel over representing the working class/s
Yeah maybe we better get ALL the labor and cage camps diffused so there’s no where to kettle us to.
Only middle class folks had illusions of fleeing.
Fortunately the u.s. has more open spaces and massive boarders.
Interstate checkpoints will be an issue if power isn’t in grounded and minority-safe hands this winter or so. Best to the bailfunds of the folks’ home occupations.
Whaaaaaat??? The fuck?
You’re actually surprised by this?
I guess not surprised, just fuckin pissed that we are here and the Hate Party doesn’t give a fuck about people
Oh, they give lots of fucks about a lot of people. Enough so that they want them all dead.
This shit is just the tip of the iceberg. If you’re in the US and you’re not CIS and straight, you better start figuring out how to look like you are while you figure out how to escape.
Personally I would love to move to many other countries, and I’m in healthcare so I could do it. However my entire family close and extended, along with my wife’s family live here. So it’s pretty much going to take the gulags to get them out of the country. Of course by then it’s too late. Same thing with climate change something about human nature makes it so we can’t react to a society wide problem until it’s a pressing issue, and beyond repair
As an overseas resident, this is quite frightening. Look at the bigger picture. They’ve recently mentioned invalidating the passports of overseas residents, in regards to Charlie Kirk Facebook posts.
It’s maybe not about trans people; it’s maybe about invalidating passports by forcing a binary choice and then flagging computer errors.
Imagine if they had some other other binary (or narrowly defined range ) choices on there, like political party or race or religion. At some future point they call all members of some subset “terrorists” and prevent them from leaving.
Source on the passport revocations? That’s super scary.
that’s why, despite being non binary, i’m not doing the x marker.
I almost. I spent a long time trying to figure out if it would make it easier or harder to travel if things took a fascist turn.
Yep. They turned it into a List for discrimination.
Best clapback is X marker for all or remove sex from ID altogether. No more official excuse to violate everyone’s HIPPA and ask intrusive questions.
Breeding status has nothing to do with anything I use a civil ID for. It’s for proving my age to clubs and stores, and tax jurisdiction for elections and taxes.
For the record, this is bullshit and backpassing for survival sucks and is a violence on us.
Yep. When traveling, I want to be as inconspicuous as possible. No X for me, no matter how affirming it would feel.
…requiring airlines to resubmit the passenger data with
correctedinvalid information.FTFY
It won’t stop here - I can see the day they take social security from anyone who has ever registered Democrat.
Lol, they’re going to take social security away from everyone.
No, no, no. To keep the old people voting block, they’ll just keep those damned lazy millennial and further youths from getting it. Remember the boomer motto: “fuck you, got ours.”
Voting doesn’t matter anymore. The US is a dictatorship.
The gerrymander likes to feel validated. Like putin’s early elections.
Will you look at the time? Is it quarter to Gilead already?
Fascism. Smh
Deranged shit
I don’t agree with the change, and I don’t see why your private parts should determine whether you can travel. However, I’m confused by the headline after reading an article about this
The article says they simply must make a binary choice on documents. But the headline says they are banned from travel.
Can’t they simply choose whatever box will get them their passport? Are they actually banned? Is the headline alarmist? (Even in the best case, I am very sure this will cause a lot of hassle for this poor minority group that gets repeatedly treated like a political football)
They’re saying “Your passport is invalid (meaning you can’t travel) unless it has a M or F designation.” Meaning they would have to update their passport with the “correct” information. Assuming of course they actually send back the updated passport.
This amounts to a “technically legal” way to confiscate the passports of anyone with a nonbinary gender marker.
Reports of Passport Never Came Back type confiscation from trans people over the last few is depressingly searchable. (yes, biden admin too.)
It also needs to match your passport, plenty of people still have X on thier passport. So anyone with an X on thier passport can no longer use a plane to leave the country.
You meant the scenario is for American or resident non binary that will not be able to leave the country via plane because their current passport got X?
Correct, if I’m understanding it correctly, I am not a lawyer, it will also prevent you from entering the country via plane. They want M or F only.
I’m also pretty sure preventing a citizen from entering the country violates some international law, but I also could be wrong about that.
Thanks for the clarification. That is how I understand as well. Also not a lawyer.
Right gotcha, now the headline makes sense
I guess they’ll have to reapply for passports. This is total bullshit, especially when you’re messing with overseas residents
