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Sultana Kali

Why Is The U.S. Denying This Young Trans Woman A Student Visa?

A State Department foreign service officer shares the story that broke her heart.

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My Declaration

It is time to break my silence. I have left Kazakhstan but have not forgotten. I hold that the decisions by Consular officers to deny Sultana Kali an F-1 student visa to study in the US were discriminatory, rooted in transphobia. I do not say this lightly. See my latest web journal post, My Declaration, for the reasons why. I will continue to advance Sultana's cause in all possible forums both inside and outside the U.S. State Department. That inludes this court of public opinion.

Articles transfobia, Sultana Kali, Kazakhstan, visa, USA

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