Trans Musicians Are Canceling US Tour Dates Due to Trump’s Gender ID Rules

T. Thomason’s US trip to the United States does not end until June, but the Canadian Pop Artist, the other bear does not want to target the border as a non-duo transman, does not want to target the border.

Toronto and Wolfville, Toronto and Wolfville, who divorced the time between Nova Scotia, announced that all the ways on May 16-17. He asked if he had decided after seeing President Donald TrumpExecutive Orders to target Trans SocietyIn particular, one of the announcement of the US government will only recognize only two sexes, men and women. He was increasingly scary Hearing stories one visitorUSA Visa ownersand applicants on the border, including Vancouver Woman Who said the guard During the two weeks, immigration and customs was caught by the execution of customs (ice).

“I just thought that if this happens to the CIS people, I think I’m worried about what could happen to me,” Tomason said.

Toronto-Montreal-based singer Calls Larsen, a transman, Friday, sex in his passport, because it does not comply with the sex of his passport, this is under the Trump Administration New rules. Moon Sinclair, a musician located in London and said the trans woman Pitchfork “Everything is changing” will avoid American shows. Even Neil Young is a dual Canadian-American citizen He said he was worried About “arrested” after returning to the states due to Criticism of Trump.

However, the decision to play in America allows you to create a fan to build a fan base in the world’s largest music market. Especially for Canadian artists, to try again in Europe or otherwise, an end to another place, a costly effort.

The United States and the American Federation in Canada, a union that could apply for a trip to a walk in the federal government, told the members of Canada maruguously The updated immigration procedure “is away from our joint values. At this time, the US government will pivot from this unsuitable position.”

Los Angeles-based entertainment lawyer Dani Oliva, says “There is a common panic” between customers in a few weeks. Thomason’s lawyer, Oliva, the Canadian musicians who want to play in the United States are two options for $ 8,000 and are two options for visas. He says that the processing times for their clients were thrown from eight to eight to eight to eight to 10 months to 10 months to 10 months to 10 months to 10 months to 10 months to 10 months.

He says it is risking the benefit analysis for every customer who wants to come to the United States. However, if the trans clients do not match the sexual birth of the “distortion or fraud” of visa requests, the rejection of visa requests of visa queries is concerned. Can cause a person to be prohibited from the United States For life If they do not successfully apply for an abandon – a difficult process.

Despite the headache to obtain a US visa, there is a reason for people: money and cultural cachet.

“Let’s say that if so, I want to say that this artist walks only in America,” Kurt Dahl says, Vancouver-based entertainment lawyer. “There are 10 times the population is more than 10 times, the more than 10 times.”