- Feb 5, 2002
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An Australian LGBT activist group has issued a travel warning for visitors to the United States, claiming that they could face potential difficulties if they identify as anything other than their actual sex.
Equality Australia posted an advisory on its website that states the group is “monitoring instances of travelers experiencing difficulties entering the U.S. due to their gender.” The advisory does not cite any new U.S. government policy or specific piece of legislation, but rather states the advisory was “drawn from a range of sources,” which include government documents, media reporting, and travel advisories from other LGBT-identified groups.
According to the document, the advisory is “relevant if you are traveling to the U.S.” and meet at least one of the following criteria: “hold a passport with a gender ‘X’ marker; have identity documents with gender markers different to those assigned to you at birth, or where other relevant details (such as your name) have been changed; have gender markers in your identity documents that do not match your gender expression, [and] have a track record” of LGBT or other political activism.
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Equality Australia posted an advisory on its website that states the group is “monitoring instances of travelers experiencing difficulties entering the U.S. due to their gender.” The advisory does not cite any new U.S. government policy or specific piece of legislation, but rather states the advisory was “drawn from a range of sources,” which include government documents, media reporting, and travel advisories from other LGBT-identified groups.
According to the document, the advisory is “relevant if you are traveling to the U.S.” and meet at least one of the following criteria: “hold a passport with a gender ‘X’ marker; have identity documents with gender markers different to those assigned to you at birth, or where other relevant details (such as your name) have been changed; have gender markers in your identity documents that do not match your gender expression, [and] have a track record” of LGBT or other political activism.
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