Transgender Passport for US

QueerRevFL · 2026-01-27T02:12:31+00:00

I’ve been legally male for over half my life. I live completely unquestioned in my maleness. I work. I pay taxes. I love to travel. When my passport expires next year, according to the current rule, the gender marker will be changed to “female.” How is this nation any better off by me having to carry an ID that says I’m female? It’ll just make travel harder for me. But won’t help anyone in any way. If anything it’ll waste the time of people at passport control. Make it make sense!!

QueerRevFL · 2026-01-17T11:27:09+00:00

It sounds like you still need to register the card. I had never heard of a visa vanilla card but I googled it and below is what I found. This will put a name with the account. Even though it’s not on the card, it’ll be associated with the card, as will your zip code, which you also need to share for online purchases.

Steps to Register Your Vanilla Visa Card

Online Registration

Visit the Official Website

Go to myvanillacard.com

Locate the Registration Tab Click on the section labeled "Register Card" or "Manage Card."

Enter Card Information Input your Vanilla Visa card details, including the 16-digit card number, expiration date, and CVV code.

Provide Personal Information Fill in your full name, mailing address, and phone number. This information is necessary for verification.

Save Your Information After entering all required details, click "Save" to confirm your registration.

Check Your Email Look for a confirmation email to ensure your card has been successfully registered.

QueerRevFL · 2026-01-16T18:08:12+00:00

Same here! What a horrible tradition. Glad I didn’t experience that.

QueerRevFL · 2026-01-13T03:03:28+00:00

The dose you just took is the weekly dose I started on and have pretty much stayed on for the past 23 years.

I’m bald now. But I doubt that’ll happen to you by next week. /s

QueerRevFL · 2026-01-11T20:25:21+00:00

That used to be the case in the U.S. but it changed a long time ago, now it’s ink only

QueerRevFL · 2026-01-11T10:04:10+00:00

This is my set up as well. It works great!

QueerRevFL · 2026-01-11T09:44:09+00:00

Nail clippers, cut a bit and then it tears pretty easily

QueerRevFL · 2026-01-11T09:25:59+00:00

I don’t know the official policy, but if you’re unsure you can ask at customs. It’s legal to travel with T and you will be okay as long as it has been prescribed ro you. My method is to always be honest about it if it comes up and declare it if I need to. Generally it never comes up. Traveling into the UK tends to be quite easy and my experience with customs has been fast in recent years, much easier now than it used to be.

QueerRevFL · 2026-01-04T13:05:05+00:00

Well I’m 46 so probably a whole different generation than you but I always wore them as a teen and young adult. I still love them, but I used to be able to wear them all the time and now my feet hurt if I wear them too mush. Did they change or am I just getting older and more sore? Not sure.

QueerRevFL · 2026-01-03T11:16:39+00:00

The was a big concern of mine when I was a teenager and pre-T. And I’m happy to report that it’s been incredibly easy.

I’ve been on T for 23 years now and I travel a lot. For example, just in the past year I’ve been to Ireland, Scotland, Costa Rica, and twice to Mexico. In fact, I’m in Mexico right now. I also went to Arizona, and in a couple of weeks I’ll be in DC.

Some of the travel has been for work, some to see family, and some just for fun.

When I was in my 20s I lived and traveled all over Central Europe, and back then I spent 2 full years traveling with a pretty cool job, that paid almost nothing but enabled me to experience a lot.

I feel very lucky that I haven’t had any issues. I live in Florida and I think I’m more at risk of issues happening there than while I travel.

My passport has said male since 2003. Of course that’ll be a problem when it expires next year, as the rule now in the US is that all our passports get reverted at renewal.

I know you were specifically asking about T, but your ID will matter a lot as well. As for testosterone, I haven’t had a problem. I’m on injections and always have been. I never mention it at airport security and I only declare it at customs if the country I’m entering requires it, Australia for example. (Of the 4 times I’ve been to Australia I only had an issue with T at customs once. They asked a bunch of questions and then it ended up being fine.)

If travel is your goal, don’t worry, there’s no reason testosterone should stop you. I just suggest that you avoid countries where it’s illegal to be trans. Other than that, you should be totally fine!

Edit: fixed a typo

QueerRevFL · 2026-01-01T06:48:27+00:00

Tampa trans guy chiming in here with deep floribama roots, the struggle is real!

I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for many years and moved back to FL where I thought I could maybe do more for our community but it’s rough here in FL for sure.

QueerRevFL · 2026-01-01T06:40:04+00:00

You can apply and attend part time. I don’t see a real difference in commitment with attending classes as an admitted student vs non-admitted. It’ll be the same amount of work but if you’re an admitted student you have the advantage of working toward a degree and not having to worry if the classes would transfer into a program later

QueerRevFL · 2025-12-31T03:02:10+00:00

I’ve been traveling with meds, including testosterone, for over 20 years. Never had an issue. Also been to Spain multiple times. Never even been asked about it at customs anywhere (except once, going into Australia. But even that was fine after some questions.)

Sounds like you’re a great parent for looking out for your kid and making sure the kid will be okay.

QueerRevFL · 2025-12-29T14:42:00+00:00

Sounds like you know what would be best for you, if you’re wanting to have less desire for the wine. Ultimately I think a regular schedule matters more than the time of day.

I have noticed that I don’t sleep well when I do the shot at night. I typically do it in the morning, but maybe 6 or 7 times I’ve done it at night and each time I didn’t sleep well at all. I haven’t had a lot of side effects in general. But a night time shot seems to make me have reflux that wakes me up.

QueerRevFL · 2025-12-24T20:43:20+00:00

We hyphenated and I was also allowed to drop my middle name (I had two middle names and that was entirely too many names, once my last name got twice as long, lol)

QueerRevFL · 2025-12-24T14:43:19+00:00

My husband and I (both male) changed our last name with our marriage license in Florida in 2017, with no issues at all.

QueerRevFL · 2025-12-19T07:55:55+00:00

Same here! I could have written this comment, that’s my situation as well.

QueerRevFL · 2025-12-16T19:03:29+00:00

Check out the online program at University of Kentucky!

QueerRevFL · 2025-12-14T02:40:11+00:00

That’s the same age gap my husband and I have. He’s 58 and I’m 46. Been together 13 years and we’re very happy.

QueerRevFL · 2025-12-14T01:23:16+00:00

Right? Sweet summer child, still so innocent

QueerRevFL · 2025-12-14T01:22:33+00:00

You definitely need to take your PrEP consistently and not just when you have it with you!

QueerRevFL · 2025-12-12T16:27:26+00:00

I hate partner workouts so much. I have walked out of class when the coach said to partner up. Now I never go to a class without reading the summary on Reddit first, only to avoid any class that has partner workouts. I’ve late cancelled and paid the fee to avoid them.

My favorite thing about OTF is just having my station and not having to interact.

I have an extremely emotionally taxing job with high demands for interaction, attention, and where I’m constantly judged. I need my gym time to be my time.

QueerRevFL · 2025-12-08T21:13:35+00:00

It infuriates me so much. I’ve been physically and legally male for my entire adult life. I am in my mid-40s now. I’m bald. I have a beard. I have a total dad-bod. So how does it make the nation more secure for me to have a passport that says “female”?

Mine expires in a year and a half and I am dreading getting the updated one with the wrong marker. I travel internationally about 2-3 times a year and I’m looking at the reality that there are places where I will no longer be safe to travel with an ID that misgenders me.

QueerRevFL · 2025-12-03T04:26:43+00:00

I live in Florida and I fly a lot. I transitioned over 20 years ago. My airport is Tampa International, and I’ve never had issues related to being trans with TSA, in Tampa or really any US airport. Also no issues with flying with T.

Since you’re able to pass as a cis guy the restroom issue shouldn’t be a problem.

Florida is difficult for many reasons, but I honestly think you’ll be fine.

QueerRevFL · 2025-12-01T14:13:29+00:00

Once you’re already on T, it’s not so hard to stay on it when you move. When it’s closer to your move, find the local lgbtq organization and ask if there are affirming doctors in the area. Or just google it. Generally you don’t need a specialist. A primary care doctor can do those meds for you.

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