Thread by @ACLU

You asked, we answered! Check out our Q&A on ID access in this thread!

https://twitter.com/ACLU/status/1369320252509667335

National and international standards require some IDs to have gender markers, so we can’t tell every federal agency to remove them. But we support and encourage all agencies to review the necessity of gender markers and remove them from IDs where possible.

https://twitter.com/faerly_mad/status/1369321716661559308?s=20

Some states have been able to implement updated policies that include an X designation much faster than others – it often depends on what software systems they are using to collect and store their data and how difficult they are up to update.

https://twitter.com/mayadavidgarcia/status/1369355493039345665?s=20

There are many important priorities for intersex communities, including access to accurate IDs. Other examples of our work include our Southern California affiliate's efforts to ban medically unnecessary surgeries forced on intersex people.

https://twitter.com/SAnnalysse/status/1369320767532523521?s=20

We encourage state and federal agencies to offer online services to update names, addresses, gender markers and other info whenever possible. It helps increase accessibility for many people.

https://twitter.com/TomBlunt/status/1369333176435306496?s=20

Each person should choose the gender marker that feels safest and most comfortable for them. Officials should treat you with dignity and respect no matter what is on your ID, but we know that is not always the case.

https://twitter.com/coffee11cup/status/1369324866650914819?s=20

For changes to federal gender marker policies, it is critical that there is consistency throughout the federal government, which we think is best done through an executive order, not legislation.

https://twitter.com/appealtospite/status/1369364012048252931?s=20

Non-binary refers to genders that are not solely man or woman; someone who is non-binary may have more than one gender, no gender, or their gender may not be in relation to the gender binary. 1/3

https://twitter.com/ModernShy/status/1369339529463750666?s=20

All people need recognition from the government of who they are. The government doesn't require cisgender people to prove their gender. This shouldn't be any different for non-binary people. 2/3

Courts have already ruled that discrimination against transgender people is against the law. The gender-marker on an ID doesn't change that, but may make it less likely that a transgender or non-binary person would face discrimination or violence in these spaces. 3/3

Many sex-related statistics are calculated based on sex data reported at birth & aren't affected by updates to individual records. Sex-related statistics pulled from other data are inaccurate when they don't reflect updated information. 1/2

https://twitter.com/scaredofrobots/status/1369355984460787715?s=20

When our government requires us to have IDs and records they must be accurate. Right now for millions of transgender, intersex and non-binary people, this is not the case. 2/2

Currently you don’t need to update your birth certificate to get the correct gender marker on your passport, you just need a doctor’s letter. Check out the instructions on transequality.org/know-your-righ….

https://twitter.com/DanielleMuscato/status/1369322741564911617?s=20

Driver’s licenses used to have all sorts of information on the face of the ID. Once IDs started to use photos, states pulled most of those descriptors off. Gender markers are still required on state IDs because of federal law.

https://twitter.com/Blaidd3_14159/status/1369345814066249729?s=20

When you get married, you don’t have to go to court to change your legal name, but to change your name to correspond with your gender you do need to go to court. Trans people also need medical documentation to get the correct gender marker on many IDs.

https://twitter.com/keevie12/status/1369322229834670087?s=20

The attacks on trans athletes are led by anti-LGBTQ groups that have long worked to attack our communities. We fight back by making it clear that policing what it means to be a woman hurts all women. 1/2

https://twitter.com/lxmbrs/status/1369320697957384194?s=20

Learn more about these attacks and sign our petition to support trans students here. 2/2 aclu.org/news/lgbt-righ…

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