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Court orders are issued by a legal court, yes? So that department is actively blocking a judicial ruling? Couldn't that department then be fined for that shit?
God, I wish it was that easy when I changed my name and gender… and that was in California! My understanding is CA doesn’t require this anymore, but after I got my court order I had to get my doctor to fill out this form certifying me as a Real Transgender before the DMV would update shit. And this wasn’t in the 90s or anything, it was less than a decade ago. I consider myself lucky that the requirement to publish an ad in the paper announcing your name change was removed before I got mine done.
What the fuck? Please tell me this is a joke that's going over my head.
Edit: Holy shit, I just looked into it, I had no idea this was a thing in some states. What the hell, how is this not considered incredibly endangering to people?
I changed mine a decade ago in NY, it was a requirement then. The judge almost denied my name change because he couldn't comprehend why someone would change their name for non-marital reasons.
Having legal recognition as a trans person is a lot easier now, but it's still not perfect and requires so many layers of additional bullshit bureaucracy that cis people don't have to deal with.