According to Daily Mail - News, Caitlyn Jenner described writing a letter to Trump explaining how the passport problem affects her and others, after encountering the issue at Mar-a-Lago two months ago. A Secret Service agent indicated the letter could be delivered to Trump's desk, the report said. Jenner's identification listed her sex as 'M' even though she had updated all legal documents to reflect her transition, Daily Mail - News reported. She is not blaming Trump for the issue and supports him, according to the outlet.
Jenner attempted to resolve the passport problem by sending official paperwork, including a hard copy of her amended birth certificate, to the State Department, Daily Mail - News reported. However, the State Department returned her passport with 'M' and did not change it, the outlet said. According to Daily Mail - News, Jenner described doing everything required but facing no correction, raising safety concerns.
Today, documentation is extremely important. Every time you turn around, you gotta show ID, ID, ID.
The broader context involves Trump's executive order stating that only two genders will be recognized and that government-issued identification should reflect a person's sex 'at conception'. Following this order, the State Department moved to suspend processing passport applications from Americans seeking to change their gender marker, Daily Mail - News reported. Other high-profile transgender figures, such as Hunter Schafer, have reported similar passport issues, and an estimated 476,000 transgender adults in the U.S. lack identification documents that accurately reflect their gender marker, according to the outlet. It remains unknown whether Trump received or read Jenner's letter, the specific reason for the State Department's refusal, or the current status of the suspension on gender marker changes.
So somebody in my position, who has transitioned, I worked very, very hard. I worked with a law firm to make sure everything was changed from 'M' to 'F,' right down to my birth certificate.
All my documentation was right, my passport, my global entry - I traveled around the world.
I did everything. And they sent it back, M, they didn't change it.
What do I do? This is a safety factor.
I was in Mar-a-Lago two months ago, [and] wrote a letter explaining all of this to him, how it's affecting me and a lot of other people.
Unfortunately, he wasn't there that weekend. The Secret Service guy said he could get it to him, put it on his desk and stuff.
I haven't heard from him. He's kind of busy right now. My gender marker is not big on the issue, OK?
I'm not blaming him whatsoever. I love the guy, and I love what he's doing.