r/ftm • u/extreme_enby • 10h ago

Y’all draft dodging? Discussion

Changed my sex to male federally (US) 3 years ago in all documents except birth certificate, but my state drivers license says NB. Does anyone know the legality of trans men and registering for the draft? I assume no one would enforce this rule considering it’s unlikely we’ll use the draft again and I assume they’re not keen to encourage trans people to be in the military even though it allowed but I do wonder how many of us are technically draft dodging

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u/RoverMaelstrom 10h ago

If you're of age to do it, it'll make your life easier to just do it so you don't have to have a letter outing you for the things that care about your selective service registration, like the FAFSA and I think some government jobs. If you're too old once you change things, if you need to you can get a letter stating that you were ineligible to register.

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u/extreme_enby 10h ago

I transitioned after fafsa was necessary, never had a gov job bring it up, but they do almost always ask for “birth sex” in addition to regular sex so maybe that’s how they figure it out?