Hunter Schafer Faces Gender Marker Issue on Passport Due to Trump Administration Policy
Hunter Schafer, the acclaimed star of HBO’s Euphoria and a prominent transgender advocate, revealed in a recent TikTok video that her newly issued passport incorrectly listed her gender as male. The 26-year-old actress, who has identified as female since her teenage years, expressed shock and frustration over the change, which she attributed to a recent executive order by the Trump administration requiring government agencies to use sex assigned at birth for gender markers on official documents.
Schafer explained that she had marked herself as female on her passport application, as she has done for years with her government-issued IDs. However, upon receiving her new passport, she discovered the gender marker had been altered to male. She emphasized that the change was a direct result of the administration’s policy, which she described as discriminatory and harmful to the transgender community. “I was shocked because I didn’t think it was actually going to happen,” she said in the video.
The actress, who is preparing to travel internationally, expressed concern about the challenges she and other transgender individuals may face when dealing with border control and other official interactions. “I’m just scared of the way this stuff slowly gets implemented,” she said, drawing parallels to historical rises of fascism. Schafer stressed that her decision to share her experience was not to seek sympathy but to highlight the real-world impact of such policies on transgender people, regardless of their privilege or visibility.
Schafer concluded her video with a powerful message of resilience: “Trans people are beautiful. We are never going to stop existing. I’m never going to stop being trans. A letter on a passport can’t change that. F— this administration.” Her story has sparked widespread discussion about the ongoing challenges faced by the transgender community under current policies.
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