A 15 year old girl can get married and change her name but a trans person can’t.
because they found 18 years old is not an adequate age to ensure “maturity” and warrant such a “life-altering” decision.
A 15 year old girl can get married and change her name but a trans person can’t.
because they found 18 years old is not an adequate age to ensure “maturity” and warrant such a “life-altering” decision.
Thousands of little old ladies named Lesley or similar are rolling in their day beds
publicly identifying yourself as a queer person was always going to backfire, I would always advise against doing so, not that it makes life much easier
having said that the state thinks I’m a white man so I’m kinda playing the game with a secret identity on easy mode (my legal name is very masculine)
how the state identifies you on paper is largely inconsquential outside of medical stuff, I find the concept of a ‘dead’ name to be very unhelpful
the person I was, am, and always have been is not dead, why anyone would want a passport etc that identifies them as a queer person is a bit beyond me
/ rant
Wouldn’t I then be outing myself to every employer/any time I need to show ID? Not really a way around identifying as queer either way if your birth/dead name is too far from how you want to present.
I look like a cis woman, having my old masc name was extremely dangerous and basically outed me. no one names a girl that name. My employers dont know and while I’m sure they could search some government records, they haven’t. Probably wouldn’t have even got the job way back when if they knew I was trans