#Changing my legal name soon

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stone sigil
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Here, that means publishing a notice in the newspaper, so anyone who reads the paper will know. Plus, my loan officer, insurance agent, bosses, patients, and the government are gonna know obviously.

A little nervous. I do already wear skirts and high socks to work but I think most people except one coworker who asked assume I’m just an effeminate gay.

pearl glacier
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Gud 4 u

trail oyster
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The whole "you must put a notice in the newspaper" thing is just stupid and outdated.

hasty pawn
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She already left unfortunately, but yeah I've never heard of a country requiring you to do that before, which feels weird.

trail oyster
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Many states in the US require it

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But fortunately many blue states provide exemptions for gender identity. And my state (Maryland) doesn't require it at all

hasty pawn
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Yeah I'm in New York so that might be why I didn't know about that, but that doesn't feel surprising if they're the states I'm thinking of. Just noticed this now.