A transgender TikTok star has claimed she is at risk after the gender marker on her passport was changed to male, despite her transition, triggering outrage within the LGBTQ+ community and among its allies.
The controversy arose when Zaya Perysian, a social media influencer with over 4.9 million TikTok followers, shared a video revealing that, although she had requested her passport to reflect her female gender, authorities had listed her sex as male. She blamed the decision on Donald Trump's administration, alleging that it was part of a broader effort to erase transgender identities from official records.
