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Travel & dating as Trans, non-binary, and/or perceived non-Cis. Show notes short hand version: (Queer Trans male, Chinese-American) actor (trained in social work and raised by 2 adoptive mothers) Leo Sheng traveling documentation for a trans person (trans male). Check out their full episode or scrub to Leo’s part: https://youtu.be/mU-rgzhpby0 Expensive process. Government forms: privilege, being perceived as Cis, legal name change, birth certificate changes, (state differences), citizenship papers, letter from doctor that sex listed differently on passport than on other documents (birth certificate still said “F” for female gender from birth), DMV automatically put “M” for male, (considerations for moving, application processes for new jobs- needing to drive/ travel, housing applications). Access to physical documents. Green card. Financial privilege, requirements for doctors, use of ID, people involved in personal business. Irene Tu: Airport security gender scan https://youtu.be/Qb_OG_IITYA waist check