US threatens permanent visa bans on trans athletes based on sex markers
The US state department has ordered officials worldwide to deny visas to transgender athletes attempting to come to the US for sports competitions and to issue permanent visa bans against those who are deemed to misrepresent their birth sex on visa applications.
The 24 February state department cable obtained by the Guardian instructs visa officers to apply Immigration and Nationality Act section 212(a)(6)(C)(i) – the “permanent fraud bar” – against trans applicants. Unlike regular visa denials, this section triggers lifetime exclusion from the United States with limited waiver possibilities.
“In cases where applicants are suspected of misrepresenting their purpose of travel or sex, you should consider whether this misrepresentation is material such that it supports an ineligibility finding,” reads the directive from the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/25/visa-ban-transgender-athletesOpen linkView original on lemmy.ca
Fascist state oppressing minorities.
MAGA is evil.
This is a prime chance for another country to scoop up a shit ton of American talent. Start offering deals to scientists, teachers and athletes to come over to a safe and sane country.
Basically do what the US did in the 50s?
Project
paperclipprogramming socksWernher Von Braun in programming socks is something I wasn't anticipating to think about today.
But what about Hitler in a Playboy bunny suit?
New hitler or old hitler
Both is "good"
Yup
Yeah, sadly. I love this country, but people have to be safe.
I'm taking that gig as soon as I get an offer.
I already fled Texas to start hormone therapy, and I'll flee Colorado for foreign shores in a heartbeat.
I feel like I've stagnated career/life wise enough that I'm not particularly desirable enough to get that kind of offer though. I don't speak a second language and my skill set is at best higher tier tech support :/
Apply anyway, the worst they can say is no.
Come to New Zealand. It's nice here.
I do have a ring i could drop in a volcano... (/s)
And businesses analysts??
with the systemic rise of anti-intellectualism, and defunding stem research, i think it will cause a reverse brain drain.
If I'm reading it correctly, the order denies visas to non-Americans seeking to come to the US. In which case, it's honestly doing them a favor. From one trans person to another, it's not safe here.
Surely this will help the cost of food!
At this point I think we should stop being coy and just say things like, "More proof that it was about bigotry, not the economy."
I was gonna say... /smh
Don't be shy, it's time to start shaking smh your head out loud.
Reminder: not only was Rubio the first Trump 2.0/Musk 1.0 nominee to be confirmed, it was UNANIMOUS WITH NO ABSTENTIONS 🤬
He's by far the most qualified candidate of his picks. Which shows just how awful the rest are.
You claiming even Bernie Sanders confirmed him?
Yes
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00008.htm
yeah it's def not
"Welcome aboard Captain, all systems online"
right now
"Emergency, hull failure imminent, abandon ship"?
idk that one. by the time i was on fire the whole family is dancing
Any trans person trying to immigrate to the US right now should be rejected on psychological grounds. Not that being trans makes one mentally deficient. But being a trans person trying to come IN to the US right now really suggests some serious judgment or mental health issues.
I'm genuinely confused how college sports is so big in the US.
Who in their right mind besides parents and maybe friends gives a flying fuck about sports tournaments of amateur young adults?
Colleges spend obscene amounts of money on college sports, often to the detriment of actual education. And they fight like hell to prevent the athletes from seeing any of that money.
At least, that's what I think goes on, I can't stand sports fandom in general so that ain't my world at all
I think most people like it because it's similar to professional sports but with fewer primadonnas and marketing. I think they think it's more "pure."
You want us to name all 10?
I was joking that there's literally about 10 trans athletes in college sports out of a couple hundred thousand total, it's crazy how much of a non-issue it really is
Eggs
A dangerous way to get around this ban.
I wonder if Trump will start to say he hates eggs, due to the implication.
I wonder how this could work in practice if someone has an updated passport. It's almost like it's a catch-22, if you put your birth sex on the visa application, it's denied because it doesn't match your passport, but if you put the sex from your passport, you are banned for fraud.
I'm sure that's intended unfortunately
For fuck's sake.
What will happen if a transgender person shells out the money for Trumps "Gold Card"?
Depends on how much money and praise they give him.
This a distraction to keep average Republican voters from noticing they've been fooled, and no tax cuts for them, just the wealthy. Expect more of this to coincide with taxation news
Give it a few months and this will probably affect all trans immigrants. What a shithole country.
Loving that "small government" and "States' Rights" that are so sacred and important... Oh, until they can hurt people they hate and don't understand.