No Need To Change Sex To Change Your Name
December 27th, 2008 by Babe
Getting a name change is an important step for a transsexual seeking to assert his or her gender identity, for legal and psychological reasons, and the refusal of judges to grant such name changes freely has remained a significant impediment, even in New York, where there is a well-established legal tradition of freely granting name-change petitions. Volunteer lawyers in New York staff a special legal clinic under the auspices of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center (gaycenter.org) to provide assistance to transsexuals seeking legal name change orders.Rejecting a trial judge’s objection that a gendered name-change would cause “confusion,” a unanimous panel of the New York Appellate Division in Albany ruled on November 26 that the person formerly known as Earl William Golden III should be allowed to take the name Elizabeth Whitney Golden.
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