Early in February, trans influencer Zaya Perysian, along with six other trans and nonbinary people, became plaintiffs in the Orr v. Trump case filed by the ACLU.
Orr v. Trump is the case concerning the US State Department’s policy in which will no longer issue passports that reflect a person’s gender identity. This policy makes it so nonbinary people cannot apply for an X gender marker, and trans women such as Hunter Schaffer and Zaya Perysian must be assigned the male gender marker. The choice also affects trans and nonbinary people wishing to enter the US. Canadian musician Bells Larsen, a transgender male, was denied entry into the US because his identification did not match his “sex assigned at birth,” leading him to cancel his music tour.
Recently, a federal judge ruled in this case that the executive order initiating this policy change is likely unconstitutional and ordering that the Department of State issue the plaintiffs accurate passports reflecting their gender identity.
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Zaya Perysian took to her TikTok account to break the news
Though this preliminary injunction only applies to the plaintiffs, Perysian assures her followers that this case is far from closed, and ACLU will work tirelessly to ensure that every trans, nonbinary, and intersex person who has been affected by this decision by the Trump administration will have their rights to proper identification restored.
It can not be overstated how dangerous it is to be outed as a trans person against one’s will, as this HRC report illustrates.
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