Hunter Schafer Says She Was Issued A Passport With A Male Sex Marker

Hunter Schafer had “a little bit of a harsh actuality examine” due to an upcoming journey.

The “Euphoria” star — who is without doubt one of the most outstanding transgender girls in Hollywood — posted a TikTok story on Friday wherein she says her new passport was issued with an ‘M,’ or male, authorized intercourse marker, although she listed her authorized intercourse as feminine on her utility.

In a roughly eight-minute video, which was also uploaded and shared in full to X, formerly Twitter, the “Starvation Video games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” star, 26, famous that her gender has been listed feminine on all her government-issued IDs since she utilized for a driver’s license as a youngster. She later noted that she by no means had her gender modified on her start certificates, nevertheless.

The change in Schafer’s gender marker is probably going a results of President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring the federal government will now solely acknowledge “two sexes, female and male.”

White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt instructed NOTUS in January that the order won’t affect passports that have been issued previous to Trump taking workplace. However she additionally mentioned that any passports issued after Trump signed the order, together with these being renewed, will present the marker that displays an individual’s intercourse assigned at start.

Schafer mentioned that she just lately needed to renew her passport as a result of it was stolen whereas she was working in Barcelona, Spain final yr. Schafer mentioned that because it was stolen she was issued a short lived passport, which had a feminine marker, however it expired. Schafer mentioned she needed to renew her precise passport as a result of she’s touring overseas subsequent week.

“I’m positive most of us keep in mind on, I feel, the primary day of Trump’s presidency, he signed an government order to declare only two genders recognized by the state, female and male assigned at start,” Schafer said in the video.

She appeared to quote a page from Advocates for Trans Equality advising transgender vacationers: “The Bureau of Consular Affairs has frozen passport functions requesting a gender marker change or renewals or new functions with a gender marker differing from an applicant’s gender assigned at start.”

A State Division spokesperson declined to touch upon particular person passport functions and referred HuffPost to Trump’s government order.

The “Sorts of Kindness” actor said that she decided to speak out about her expertise as a result of she wished to make others conscious of “the truth of the scenario, in that it’s really occurring,” and never as a result of she desires to “create drama or obtain comfort.”

“I used to be shocked, as a result of, I don’t know, I simply didn’t assume it was really going to occur,” she mentioned.

Schafer went on to confess among the explanation why she initially thought this new coverage wouldn’t immediately have an effect on her.

“I wish to acknowledge my privilege, like not solely as a celeb trans lady who’s white, and skinny, and may adhere to up to date magnificence requirements, and I can take part in all of that, and I ‘move.’ And it nonetheless occurred,” Schafer mentioned.

Schafer went on to say that she personally doesn’t “give a fuck that they put a ‘M’ on my passport.”

“It doesn’t change actually something about me or my transness. Nevertheless, it does make life somewhat tougher,” Schafer mentioned.

She continued, “It’s going to come back together with having to out myself to, like, border patrol brokers and that entire gig, far more usually than I wish to or is absolutely crucial.”

Schafer additionally acknowledged that although she’s making assumptions about what her private expertise could also be like, different trans individuals could have related or much more excessive points whereas touring internationally.

“Fascinated with different trans girls who this may also be occurring to, or different trans individuals,” Schafer mentioned, “the listing solely will get longer, so far as the intricacies that come together with the issue that this brings into actual life shit.”

Schafer tried to conclude her video on a barely extra optimistic observe — although she acquired in a single final jab at Trump.

“Trans persons are stunning,” Schafer mentioned. “We’re by no means going to cease current, I’m by no means going to cease being trans. A letter on a passport can’t change that. And fuck this administration.”