What in my comments gives you the impression I’m not comfortable “confronting reality”? I’m under no illusions about what the Trump administration is planning and how many people they’re going to hurt. I’m just saying that it’s not a policy to confiscate someone’s passport based on their gender marker at this time.

I mean, saying people should avoid updating their documents because this is the new policy is, in fact, untrue. Also, most of the documents listed are handled at the county or state level, not the federal level, so it’s going to be extremely location-dependent, other than passports.

This isn’t true, at least not entirely. I work at an office that accepts passport applications and we haven’t received any communication regarding gender markers from the new administration. I can’t speak to whether this is the policy at regional passport centers, and I fully expect these Project 2025 sacks of shit to come out with something hateful sooner than later, but at the moment, nothing has been issued.