COPENHAGEN: Den­mark on Friday issued a new travel advisory for the United States that warns transgender and non-binary people to contact the US embassy before departure.

“If you have the gender X in your passport, or if you have changed gender, you are advised to contact the US embassy before you travel for information about what applies to you,” the Danish foreign ministry said in a statement.

The recommendation was displayed on Denmark’s US travel advisory on the foreign ministry’s website. Germany recently issued a similar US travel advisory.

In his inauguration speech, US President Donald Trump said his government would only recognise two genders: male and female. Concer­ned about the consequences this could have on travellers, the LGBT+ Danmark association told Danish Radio IIII it had asked the Danish foreign ministry to modify its travel advisory for USA.

Since his return to the White House, Trump has targeted the transgender community. He has signed executive orders banning trans athletes from women’s sports, excluding transgender people from the US military, and restricting gender-transition procedures for people under the age of 19.

According to the Danish foreign ministry, no Danes have been turned back at the US border since the Trump administration came to power in January.

Published in Dawn, March 22nd, 2025