The Texas Department of Public Safety rule change surfaced in an internal email that also asks driver license staff to compile the names of people seeking a gender marker change.

  • Tiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 months ago

    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.