The day started when Paul Castillo, my lawyer at Lambda Legal, contacted me to say my new, accurateI was staying at a hotel in downtown Fort Collins, Colorado, with my colleague, the executive director of the Intersex Campaign for Equality, Hida Viloria, because we were celebrating Intersex Awareness Day. So, Hida and I hopped in a car, went to pick up the delivery from my apartment and went back to the hotel.
As Hida filmed as best they could with my phone camera, I opened the envelope and pulled out my new passport.To understand why I almost cried, you first have to understand that this was a moment many years in the making. In fact, I had been asking the U.S. Passport Agency for an accurate passport since September 2014. Importantly, I waspassport with a gender marker that reflected who I am.