Genuinely FURIOUS that the passport office requested a copy of a gender recognition certificate before a passport could be issued. Firstly I’ve been legally male since 2014, FIVE YEARS and secondly as it was a fresh passport application the only way they know I was born female is they access the files attached to your pps number at the department of social security. Which has both my gender recognition certificate and an earlier doctors statement that was used for changing my legal sex. So they shouldn’t fucking need it.
Then to add insult to injury they also said I needed “appropriate proof” I use my surname in Irish despite the fact that the surname attached to my pps number has been in Irish for again FIVE YEARS and that’s literally as legitimate as it gets. And appropriate proof includes apparently a bank statement which they have with my application which was sent as my proof of address :) :) :) :) :)
Ceremonially burning my gender recognition certificate when I get my passport
