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“So Much Ignorance”: Hunter Schafer’s Passport Labels Her As Male After Latest Policy Changes
Transgender actress Hunter Schafer has made it clear she won’t let a letter change any form of her self-expression.
Recently, the Euphoria star posted a video on social media where she showed a picture of her passport along with the label ‘male’, detailed as just the letter M, in the category of sex.
She then later called out the newest presidential administration for the recent controversial executive order that targets trans audiences.
Highlights
- Hunter Schafer posted a video showing that her passport lists her as male.
- Schafer criticizes the executive orders targeting trans people.
- Many users supported Schafer, emphasizing that trans people are here to stay.
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Hunter Schafer has shared that her sex listed under her passport says “male”
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“I want to acknowledge my privilege, not only as a celebrity transwoman who is white and thin and can adhere to contemporary beauty standards and I can participate in all of that, and I pass, and it still happened,” Schafer, 26, said.
“I never had my birth certificate changed, so this has led me to believe that I think the agencies who were interested in passports are now required to cross reference birth certificates.
“I don’t know exactly what, or what changed in far of the processing goes.”
She shared that it’s been about a decade since she changed her “gender marker” and this was the first time an official administration didn’t acknowledge that.
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At the end of the day, however, Schafer shared her pride in being a transgender woman and emphasized that a symbol on her passport will not change that.
“I also want to say, I don’t give a f–ck that they put a M on my passport,” she reiterated. “It doesn’t change really anything about me or my transness, however it does make life a little harder.
“Personally, I mean I haven’t tested it out yet, I’ll found out next week when I have to travel abroad with my passport, but I’m pretty sure it’s going to come along with having to out myself to like border patrol agents and that whole gig much more often that I would like to or is really necessary.”
Schafer has never been shy in sharing how proud she is to be a trans woman
Image credits: hunterschafer
Schafer said she was thinking of other trans women who may be experiencing the same thing, claiming that these sorts of “intricacies” brought along an unnecessary “difficulty” that tends to bleed into “real life sh–t.”
The actress still stands firm on her belief: “Trans people are beautiful. We are never going to stop existing, I am never going to stop being trans, a letter on a passport can’t change that.”
The 26-year-old then threw out a verbal middle finger to those responsible.
“I don’t really have an answer on what to do about this, but I feel it was important to share. This is real. So, um yeah, f–ck.”
Image credits: hunterschafer
Image credits: hunterschafer
People of both sides chimed in, either to rally in support or slam Schafer for her claim.
“Your passport is supposed to list your sex, not what you pretend to be,” read the top comment.
“It doesn’t matter when you change your gender, because it’s ‘at birth.’ So even if you change it a decade ago or three you still were a male at birth so that’s why you have M in your passport,” a second stated. “And that’s not because of the new administration but because of history, biology, evolution, and common sense.”
Another wrote, “That’s weird. Maybe it’s because you’re a man? You don’t get to force your delusion on everybody. This culture is disappointing.”
Many comments, however, were not supportive of her video
Image credits: hunterschafer
@csbvkjbvjkbkjjvkfsjkposted/deleted this last night because i wanted to make a more concise/well spoken thing but it’s out in the world! so putting it back heree♬ original sound – Hunter Schafer
A few others, however, rushed to the actress’s defense.
“Why are y’all so bothered by how someone chooses to identify… ignorant AF… acting like it causes you physical pain or something,” one person pointed out.
Someone else echoed, “So much hate and ignorance about how others choose to live. It literally has ZERO affect [sic] on your life. Sounds like you guys are the real snowflakes here.”
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“My heart goes out to all trans people… this change is pointless… trans people will always be visible in this world no matter what,” a third emphasized.
One user wrote, “I don’t understand why people care so much about another person gender, how does that affect your daily life? Hunter, we love and support you.”
President Trump’s administrative order specifically targets trans people
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President Donald Trump has signed four executive orders that pertain to transgender people since he went into office in January.
He said the government will only recognize two sexes from now on, male and female, and that “sexes are not changeable.”
Additionally, he restricted “gender-affirming care” for those under 19 years old, which can include hormone treatment and surgeries.
“This is uncalled for and heartbreaking,” read one comment
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martin734 10 months ago (edited)
A trans person's ability to live freely in their new gender and have it officially recognized has absolutely zero effect on any else's life but a massive difference on their own life.
OzymandiasTheManokit They/Them 10 months ago
i'm on the trans spectrum (nonbinary) and I get constantly reminded of what I was born as. even if it's a letter on a small piece of paper to travel, it still hurts. I doubt that nonbino folks will ever be fully validated and respected in any community. I didn't want to be born this way. I can't choose a bathroom to walk into or a locker room to change. be empathetic.
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Ruth 10 months ago
To Lola July- I read your multiple comments in this thread. You are a very bitter, resentful, judgmental, narrow minded and ignorant person. You are so concerned about your rights, but have no concern at all for the rights of others. The arguments you make are as weak as wet toilet paper. I’ll bet you hide behind cherry picked parts of the Bible, as you seem so very self righteous. I feel very sorry for you, but even more sorry for those that have to be around you.
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Sky Render 10 months ago
Honestly this whole debacle is proving without a doubt how petty the "sex is gender" narrative really is. All these executive orders do is hurt marginalized people and do absolutely nothing beneficial or detrimental to the majority. It's just another form of targeting minorities, based off of a marker on a birth certificate and/or genitals at birth. It's just as vile as laws passed based on the color of one's skin. Just as uncontrollable, just as irrelevant to who or what a person is. And funnily enough, the exact same arguments are used with each group to justify it, you just have to swap the key terms, Mad Libs-style, to see it in action.
Tamra 10 months ago (edited)
These particular executive orders are simply meant to pander to his intellectually limited base. They can celebrate him "putting the gays in their place" so they won't pay close attention to the fact that he's caused tens of thousands of people to lose their jobs, or that he's courting a dictator, or any number of other idiotic things. But you're right...it causes harm to an already marginalized group, while adding nothing of real value to anyone else. It's a net negative, much like the man himself.
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Robert T 10 months ago
Just been reading about this on a more reputable news site. US Passports allowed 3 sexes on passports - F, M and X. Trump has now removed the X by Executive Order, NOT by a change in law going through the House.
Shane S 10 months ago
I am not really sure why we have gender markers in the first place. Why does it matter? Unless you’re doing genital inspections, it really doesn’t tell you anything about a person.
David 10 months ago
Except US Passports have no such thing as Gender on them, it says "sex" which refers to the biological status (https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/what-do-we-mean-by-sex-and-gender/). So this is legally correct. Some state use gender but not sex for ID, but all federal documents use Sex, the biological status. To know the difference, see the article from Yale I posted about the difference between sex and gender
BoredPangolin 10 months ago
Good luck for the cops to find this "male" person if they need to arrest her. As far as I know, only doctors ever actually checked your genitals. Beside being blind to real medical issues, putting a gender that doesn't reflect the person on an ID just confuses the agents that actually check your ID. The only people who should know what's your genetic / birth gender are doctors.
J. Maxx 10 months ago
This shows how spiteful, petty, and ignorant the entirety of the musk/trump administration is.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 10 months ago
The downvoted hidden comments on this one are quite unhinged. Not sure I've ever seen this Lola July before but THEY seem exceptionally triggered. Oh dear Lola, is that not your prefered pronoun? Tough luck. You sow hate, you reap the same.
Jaya 10 months ago
Why does a passport need to show someone's gender? Seems pretty pointless to me. But if there IS a use for it, it would be to see if the person looks like the gender that is written there. And a transwoman is gonna present as a woman, so it makes more sense to have an F in there than an M. Because the only way for someone like a TSA agent to check if she was born with a male body is by either checking her genitalia if she hasn't had bottom surgery (and thankfully they don't just get to check everyone's genitalia), or by checking her chromosomes if she has had bottom surgery (which is not a practical possibility). So it's completely useless to have your birth sex in your passport if you've transitioned.
David 10 months ago
Because US Passports never have ever had someone's gender on them. It has their sex, which is their biological status.
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Ellinor 10 months ago
That's awful, and if they keep doing this, soon trans people won't be able to leave the country anymore...
BeepBoop is Lonely (she/they) 10 months ago
honestly I think that's what they're trying to do. But I think they're also trying to erase them completely. It's so sad and disheartening.
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Fuhleeheece 10 months ago
Why does Randy Treibel have the "right" to know Hunter's sex? Is he trolling for prostitutes and he'd be embarrassed to solicit a trans person?
farbenzirkel 10 months ago (edited)
Why do you actually need the entry? Is it to prevent misuse of the ID card - then it should rather contain what I can compare with as an inspector. So “rather” the appearance. With today's disguise options, it doesn't make sense either. So maybe - in the event of a *cough* search, not rather the “existing” gender for comparison with the ID? Off the top of my head, I would say that the entry has become irrelevant, right?
J. Maxx 10 months ago
Does anyone else notice all the attacks in the United States are against MTF Trans folks? It's just a political scare tactic. If it wasn't, then they would be banning all Trans folks from sports, not just the Trans-Women. And folks who support attacks on Trans folks are just small-minded bigots who love to hate.
Apatheist Account2 10 months ago
All I can say is thank goodness that people are no longer banned from BP due to 10 downvotes. This is still a very divisive issue, and I suspect it will be decades, if not longer, before it settles down. After all, homosexual acts in the UK were illegal for 430 years, so I suspect this will rumble on. Please try to communicate calmly, I'd rather not read a lot of personal or political insults.
Simon Collinson 10 months ago (edited)
it is a man, the license is correct. He has male DNA, he has a male skeleton, He probably still has a pair of nuts, producing testosterone. When he dies, in 100 years if they dug his skeleton up and did a DNA test, what would it say? Male. Should a trans "women" who still has a penis and a pair of nuts be allowed into a female toilet? NO, i am not so why should they? If i put a dress on and identify as a women, is it ok for me to go into a female toilet with young girls in there? NO. the world has turned into a freaky sick and f****d up place.
Joe Bloe 10 months ago
I think the best way to make the people doing this angry is to not just care, and continue doing what you do. Don't let hater get into your head. Show them you don't care and they can't change you. That's what LGBTQ always did, they didn't let other tell them who they were, and go on with their live. Conservative always wanted to "own the libs" and make other angry. Don't give them what they want and just ignore them. Who cares what they think, other people will see you for who you are.
DaisyBee 10 months ago
The dirty fingernails actually made me a bit sick 🙈 Anyway, if it’s not changed on the birth certificate, maybe it’s just a genuine mistake? (Not American, idk how those processes go)
Jaya 10 months ago
From what I understand, her former passports did show her gender correctly, and now for her newest passport they have changed it back to her birth sex. And that's in line with what Trump was saying he's going to do, so it's very unlikely to be a mistake.
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Random User 10 months ago
She isn't simply "ranting" without "bothering" to get it changed. Your data from 2024 is from before the current administration, but the passport policy changed in January. This is not just a state thing, but a change that impacts all Americans. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/passport-help/sex-marker.html
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farbenzirkel 10 months ago
Because even straight "biological" it is not that binary and never was! Since we know about chromosomes it went... difficult.
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Jaya 10 months ago
They oversimplify it for 3rd graders so that their little heads can understand it, but it's not true that all men have XY and all women XX. Some people don't even have XY or XX, some have X, XXY, XXXY or they have different sets throughout their body (for instance when part of the body has XY and part has XXY). Then there's men who are born with XX chromosomes but a male looking body with male body parts. They're not trans, they're just naturally born like that. And women with XY chromosomes who naturally have a female looking body with female body parts. Whether someone is female or male is not based on genotype but on phenotype, THAT is a biological fact. So maybe don't stop at 3rd grade but level but keep learning until you understand the complexities of it. Because assuming that human biology is as simple as we were taught in 3rd grade, is like saying that people are never born blind, because in 3rd grade our teachers said that "humans can see with their eyes but moles can't".
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martin734 10 months ago (edited)
Do you realize that deliberately misgendering someone is a form of hate speech and a human rights violation in many countries?
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martin734 10 months ago (edited)
A trans person's ability to live freely in their new gender and have it officially recognized has absolutely zero effect on any else's life but a massive difference on their own life.
OzymandiasTheManokit They/Them 10 months ago
i'm on the trans spectrum (nonbinary) and I get constantly reminded of what I was born as. even if it's a letter on a small piece of paper to travel, it still hurts. I doubt that nonbino folks will ever be fully validated and respected in any community. I didn't want to be born this way. I can't choose a bathroom to walk into or a locker room to change. be empathetic.
Load More Replies... Ruth 10 months ago
To Lola July- I read your multiple comments in this thread. You are a very bitter, resentful, judgmental, narrow minded and ignorant person. You are so concerned about your rights, but have no concern at all for the rights of others. The arguments you make are as weak as wet toilet paper. I’ll bet you hide behind cherry picked parts of the Bible, as you seem so very self righteous. I feel very sorry for you, but even more sorry for those that have to be around you.
Load More Replies... Sky Render 10 months ago
Honestly this whole debacle is proving without a doubt how petty the "sex is gender" narrative really is. All these executive orders do is hurt marginalized people and do absolutely nothing beneficial or detrimental to the majority. It's just another form of targeting minorities, based off of a marker on a birth certificate and/or genitals at birth. It's just as vile as laws passed based on the color of one's skin. Just as uncontrollable, just as irrelevant to who or what a person is. And funnily enough, the exact same arguments are used with each group to justify it, you just have to swap the key terms, Mad Libs-style, to see it in action.
Tamra 10 months ago (edited)
These particular executive orders are simply meant to pander to his intellectually limited base. They can celebrate him "putting the gays in their place" so they won't pay close attention to the fact that he's caused tens of thousands of people to lose their jobs, or that he's courting a dictator, or any number of other idiotic things. But you're right...it causes harm to an already marginalized group, while adding nothing of real value to anyone else. It's a net negative, much like the man himself.
Load More Replies... Robert T 10 months ago
Just been reading about this on a more reputable news site. US Passports allowed 3 sexes on passports - F, M and X. Trump has now removed the X by Executive Order, NOT by a change in law going through the House.
Shane S 10 months ago
I am not really sure why we have gender markers in the first place. Why does it matter? Unless you’re doing genital inspections, it really doesn’t tell you anything about a person.
David 10 months ago
Except US Passports have no such thing as Gender on them, it says "sex" which refers to the biological status (https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/what-do-we-mean-by-sex-and-gender/). So this is legally correct. Some state use gender but not sex for ID, but all federal documents use Sex, the biological status. To know the difference, see the article from Yale I posted about the difference between sex and gender
BoredPangolin 10 months ago
Good luck for the cops to find this "male" person if they need to arrest her. As far as I know, only doctors ever actually checked your genitals. Beside being blind to real medical issues, putting a gender that doesn't reflect the person on an ID just confuses the agents that actually check your ID. The only people who should know what's your genetic / birth gender are doctors.
J. Maxx 10 months ago
This shows how spiteful, petty, and ignorant the entirety of the musk/trump administration is.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 10 months ago
The downvoted hidden comments on this one are quite unhinged. Not sure I've ever seen this Lola July before but THEY seem exceptionally triggered. Oh dear Lola, is that not your prefered pronoun? Tough luck. You sow hate, you reap the same.
Jaya 10 months ago
Why does a passport need to show someone's gender? Seems pretty pointless to me. But if there IS a use for it, it would be to see if the person looks like the gender that is written there. And a transwoman is gonna present as a woman, so it makes more sense to have an F in there than an M. Because the only way for someone like a TSA agent to check if she was born with a male body is by either checking her genitalia if she hasn't had bottom surgery (and thankfully they don't just get to check everyone's genitalia), or by checking her chromosomes if she has had bottom surgery (which is not a practical possibility). So it's completely useless to have your birth sex in your passport if you've transitioned.
David 10 months ago
Because US Passports never have ever had someone's gender on them. It has their sex, which is their biological status.
Load More Replies... Ellinor 10 months ago
That's awful, and if they keep doing this, soon trans people won't be able to leave the country anymore...
BeepBoop is Lonely (she/they) 10 months ago
honestly I think that's what they're trying to do. But I think they're also trying to erase them completely. It's so sad and disheartening.
Load More Replies... Fuhleeheece 10 months ago
Why does Randy Treibel have the "right" to know Hunter's sex? Is he trolling for prostitutes and he'd be embarrassed to solicit a trans person?
farbenzirkel 10 months ago (edited)
Why do you actually need the entry? Is it to prevent misuse of the ID card - then it should rather contain what I can compare with as an inspector. So “rather” the appearance. With today's disguise options, it doesn't make sense either. So maybe - in the event of a *cough* search, not rather the “existing” gender for comparison with the ID? Off the top of my head, I would say that the entry has become irrelevant, right?
J. Maxx 10 months ago
Does anyone else notice all the attacks in the United States are against MTF Trans folks? It's just a political scare tactic. If it wasn't, then they would be banning all Trans folks from sports, not just the Trans-Women. And folks who support attacks on Trans folks are just small-minded bigots who love to hate.
Apatheist Account2 10 months ago
All I can say is thank goodness that people are no longer banned from BP due to 10 downvotes. This is still a very divisive issue, and I suspect it will be decades, if not longer, before it settles down. After all, homosexual acts in the UK were illegal for 430 years, so I suspect this will rumble on. Please try to communicate calmly, I'd rather not read a lot of personal or political insults.
Simon Collinson 10 months ago (edited)
it is a man, the license is correct. He has male DNA, he has a male skeleton, He probably still has a pair of nuts, producing testosterone. When he dies, in 100 years if they dug his skeleton up and did a DNA test, what would it say? Male. Should a trans "women" who still has a penis and a pair of nuts be allowed into a female toilet? NO, i am not so why should they? If i put a dress on and identify as a women, is it ok for me to go into a female toilet with young girls in there? NO. the world has turned into a freaky sick and f****d up place.
Joe Bloe 10 months ago
I think the best way to make the people doing this angry is to not just care, and continue doing what you do. Don't let hater get into your head. Show them you don't care and they can't change you. That's what LGBTQ always did, they didn't let other tell them who they were, and go on with their live. Conservative always wanted to "own the libs" and make other angry. Don't give them what they want and just ignore them. Who cares what they think, other people will see you for who you are.
DaisyBee 10 months ago
The dirty fingernails actually made me a bit sick 🙈 Anyway, if it’s not changed on the birth certificate, maybe it’s just a genuine mistake? (Not American, idk how those processes go)
Jaya 10 months ago
From what I understand, her former passports did show her gender correctly, and now for her newest passport they have changed it back to her birth sex. And that's in line with what Trump was saying he's going to do, so it's very unlikely to be a mistake.
Load More Replies... Random User 10 months ago
She isn't simply "ranting" without "bothering" to get it changed. Your data from 2024 is from before the current administration, but the passport policy changed in January. This is not just a state thing, but a change that impacts all Americans. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/passport-help/sex-marker.html
Load More Replies... farbenzirkel 10 months ago
Because even straight "biological" it is not that binary and never was! Since we know about chromosomes it went... difficult.
Load More Replies... Jaya 10 months ago
They oversimplify it for 3rd graders so that their little heads can understand it, but it's not true that all men have XY and all women XX. Some people don't even have XY or XX, some have X, XXY, XXXY or they have different sets throughout their body (for instance when part of the body has XY and part has XXY). Then there's men who are born with XX chromosomes but a male looking body with male body parts. They're not trans, they're just naturally born like that. And women with XY chromosomes who naturally have a female looking body with female body parts. Whether someone is female or male is not based on genotype but on phenotype, THAT is a biological fact. So maybe don't stop at 3rd grade but level but keep learning until you understand the complexities of it. Because assuming that human biology is as simple as we were taught in 3rd grade, is like saying that people are never born blind, because in 3rd grade our teachers said that "humans can see with their eyes but moles can't".
Load More Replies... martin734 10 months ago (edited)
Do you realize that deliberately misgendering someone is a form of hate speech and a human rights violation in many countries?
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