• derf82@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Changing name due to marriage is specifically excluded from this requirement, likely due to the disproportionate effect on women.

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      10 months ago

      So it just ends up being disproportionately targeted at transgender people then.

      Sorry, I assumed it was like the TSA PreCheck which requires every name change a woman has gone through during their entire life.

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        10 months ago

        Lots of other people change their names. Trans issues were hardly on the radar when this law was passed.

        And marriage records are a lot easier to track, and don’t involve changing first names. When someone changes their name for marriage, you can probably find out their maiden name fairly easily.

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          10 months ago

          All legal name changes should be easy to track since it requires updating social security, insurance, driver’s licenses, and pretty much everything else.