Trans US actor Hunter Schafer says passport lists her as male, slams Trump

Hunter Schafer, a transgender actor who gained fame following her role in the HBO hit show 'Euphoria', claimed that her new passport listed her sex as "male" due to a recent change in policy under the Donald Trump administration. In a viral TikTok video, Schafer asserted that she was "never going to stop being trans" while blasting the new policy that recognises a person's gender as either male or female.

The 'Euphoria' star claimed she had selected 'female' as her gender while filling out the passport paperwork. She also said her previous passport and driving licence mentioned her sex as 'female'.

"I am not making this post to fear-monger, or to create drama, or receive consolation, I don't need it... I was shocked. I just didn't think it was actually going to happen," the 26-year-old actor said while showing her new passport that lists her as "male".

Schafer, however, said she was unruffled by the gender change on her passport even though she expected challenges at the airport while travelling abroad.

"This is real, and it's happening and no-one -- no matter their circumstances, no matter how wealthy or white or pretty or whatever -- is excluded... It doesn't really change anything about me or my transness. However, it does make life a little harder," she further said in the video.

In the HBO drama, Schafer plays a transgender teenager, named Jules Vaughn.

On his very first day as US President, Trump signed an executive order defining a person's gender as either male or female based on what was assigned at birth.

The Bureau of Consular Affairs, which issues passports, now says on its website it will "only issue passports with an M or F sex marker matching the customer's biological sex at birth".

Under the previous Joe Biden administration, American citizens could self-select their gender for passports. They had the option to list their gender as 'X', referring to "non-binary, intersex and gender non-confirming individuals".