State Department Files Motion To Revoke Transgender Passports

Three weeks after a federal court ruled trans people are constitutionally guaranteed the right to be issued passports, and one week after the State Department's help page was updated to indicate that transgender individuals can obtain a passport with their authentic gender, the acting assistant secretary for passport services filed a motion to revoke and replace passports issued under the current court ruling, "if a higher court allows it".

Erin Reed first reported that the State Department is keeping a list of those who have been issued a passport and intends to revoke those Passports even if the individual was out of the country. This action would be contingent on a ruling by a "higher court," which, of course, is the Trump appointees on the "Supreme" Court.

Scotus Trump appointees will face their most challenging case to date, as they will have to either uphold the constitutional rights of a class of US citizens as the did in BOSTOCK v. CLAYTON COUNTY or rule in favor of their benefactor, Donald Trump.

Abbott talks about Football when asked about the Guadalupe River Flood

Texas Governor Greg Abbott talked about football and called reporters "losers" who asked for accountability for lives lost after the fourth-deadliest flood in Texas history.

Gov. Abbott talking about football is a dog whistle to white supremacists, much like Trump did during the election. Abbott, you are to blame, as are the Republican legislators who instead of focusing on what Texas needs introduced over 100 anti-trans bills this year and intends on passing a bathroom bill during the upcoming special session, the Austin fire chief who delayed sending help for budgetary reasons, the Trump administration for the absence of Paul Yura, the long-serving meteorologist in charge of “warning coordination” who had recently taken an unplanned early retirement amid cuts pushed by the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, The inspectors who approved Camp Mystic’s non-existent disaster plan just 2 days before the deadly flood, and the lack of a warning system on the Guadalupe river flood plain where children's summer camps are located.

Abbott talking about football is dog whistle to white supremacists, much like Trump, who did during the election. You are to blame, as are the legislators, the Austin fire chief, the lack of warning system on the Guadalupe river flood plain where children's summer camps are located.

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Abbott responded in the same fashion, by going on the attack after police stood by as a gunman slaughtered 19 children and 2 adults at Robb Elementary School in Uvalda, Texas.

The buck stops with you, Greg Abbott, or at least it should have long ago. Texas deserves better.

Ohio Man Charged With the Murder of Canton Drag Artist

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Canton Police have charged Daniel Mattay, 33, with the murder of beloved drag artist Ryan Godbey, even though Godbey has yet to be located.

Godbey, whose pronouns are they/them according to qommittee.org, performed as JJ and was excited do a show Saturday night. When they didn't show, they were reported as missing. Godbey was last seen at Darlin's Crew nightclub on Cherry Avenue NE on Thursday night.

They sent a text to a friend early Friday that Danny was "mad." Calls and texts to their phone since then have gone unanswered.

Daniel Mattay Credit: Stark County Jail

Canton police announced late Thursday that the disappearance of Ryan Godbey is now a homicide investigation. They’ve charged Daniel Mattay, Ryan’s former partner, with four felonies: murder, felonious assault, strangulation and domestic violence.

“New evidence has led our agency to transition the case from a missing person to a homicide investigation,” Canton Police Chief John Gabbard wrote in a news release. “While Godbey has not yet been located, the new evidence makes it clear that they are deceased and that Mr. Mattay is responsible.”

The police department did not say what the new evidence is. Mattay is scheduled to be arraigned at 9 a.m. Monday in Canton Municipal Court.

Trans People Can Now Get Passports Indicating Their Authentic Gender

After two weeks of noncompliance with a court order from a class action lawsuit, the State Department's help page, updated two days ago, indicates that transgender people can get a passport with their authentic gender at least temporarily, as Orr. Vs. Trump moves through the legal process.

On June 17, 2025, U.S. District Judge Julia Kobick in Boston expanded a preliminary injunction she issued in April that allowed six transgender and nonbinary individuals who challenged the policy to obtain passports consistent with their gender identities or with an "X" sex designation while the lawsuit moves forward, Reuters Reports.

Kobick did so after concluding the policy the U.S. Department of State adopted pursuant to an executive order Trump signed likely discriminated on the basis of sex and was rooted in an irrational prejudice toward transgender Americans that violated the U.S. Constitution's Fifth Amendment.

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Will Trump appeal this to the Supreme Court? According to the Trump Anti-LGBTQ+ Executive Order Litigation Tracker he hasn't done that yet.