"Remember when the denial of passports started with trans people and [y'all] called us hysterical?" -- Emily G (@EmilyGorcenski), 2018-08-29 ["You" changed to "y'all" in keeping with author's followup tweets indicating that that's what she meant, not the author of the tweet she was replying to.]
More info about what's going on (collected from Twitter, twistedchick, Facebook, email, and stuff I ran across while web surfing) just in case any of my friends aren't already up to speed on this:
- Them, 20128-07-27: "Trans Women Say the State Department Is Retroactively Revoking Their Passports"
- Washington Post, 2018-09-01: "U.S. is denying passports to Americans along the border, throwing their citizenship into question"
- Slate: "Passport Peril -- Why transgender Americans are so worried about Mike Pompeo serving as secretary of state"
- Los Angeles Times, 2018-09-05: "Now Trump is targeting Vietnamese refugees"
- New York Times, 2018-09-03: "My Children Were Denied Passports Because They Were Delivered by a Midwife"