Denmark and Finland have issued travel advisory warnings to transgender and nonbinary-identifying citizens seeking to travel to the United States.
On Thursday, the Danish foreign ministry updated its website regarding a travel advisory for the U.S., urging transgender individuals to contact the U.S. embassy in Copenhagen before planning their visit.
This recommendation comes in light of recent policy changes under the Trump administration, which only recognizes people by their biological sex and not their gender identity.
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order on January 20 declaring that the U.S. only recognizes two sexes — male and female.
Following Trump’s executive order, the State Department halted a policy that permitted transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people to change the sex designations on their passports. Under the Biden
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