My Case to End Social Security's Gender Change Ban
Continuing on my work that got picked up from the ACLU to sue to end Trump’s Passport Gender Change Ban (more here in case you missed it), the next and final target of mine is the Social Security Administration. But to succeed, I’m going to need all of your help again! ❤️
Some Context: Social Security illegally in an Emergency Message linked below banned Sex Data changes (previous policy allowed trans but not non-binary people to choose the gender on their record using this, that marker is used by educational institutions, some workplaces, the government, healthcare, and banks to tell who a person is on the backend via SSNs):
https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/reference.nsf/links/01312025043159PM
My Case Analysis (including CRBA and additional Passport arguments too) linked at the bottom of this post, which has been reviewed by multiple California based attorneys, has everything in it for any legal nonprofit or attorney to throw into a lawsuit and file it to get these policy changes quickly blocked for violating the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). For those of you who were unable to update the gender on your Social Security record in time, please, take this case and call up your local nonprofit legal organization’s office (such as Lambda Legal or the ACLU who have offices all over the country). Ask about them taking this pro bono as a public interest case and keeping your identity confidential for fear of violence, there is great interest right now for these organizations. The APA is needed vs other arguments alone to get these extra couple months for a new generation of trans and nonbinary people to gain accurate documentation, as it will buy us time especially if our constitutional rights fall in Skrmetti at SCOTUS.
Even if you don’t feel comfortable suing or aren’t eligible to (like me), please send this to these organizations near where you live anyway and any friends you may have who might be interested. These citations and arguments need to be widely circulated as much as possible, we need to move now before our rights are gone. Since I don’t have standing myself, I’ll have to leave it up to you guys, my lines of communication via the comments and Reddit DMs are open for any questions! Together, we will resist until we can push these demons back into the shadows for good. :D
Here is the Case Analysis: