Ch-ch-ch-changes
Jul. 20th, 2010 07:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
seishunSo it looks like my name change documents are all ready to go. It looks like I'm missing one paper, but I should be able to get that from the court's website, print it and be ready to go downtown to file tomorrow or Thursday.
I'm not 100% sure if I'll be able to get it changed before school starts, but that's just an arbitrary cutoff date I'd set for myself several months ago. If I'd realised how simple the papers are to fill out I'd've done it myself in January or February and have it all sorted by now, but that's OK. I've been living openly as Carla since May of 2009; this only makes it official with the state. AND since I've had genital surgery I should be able to get my gender marker changed with the Social Security Administration with ease. Dr Nguyen is sending me a letter stating that I've had permanent, irreversible genital surgery and that my transition is complete. He is SO awesome!
So even if I can't start the new semester with my real name, I can at least be sure to have it done by the end of the year. The next time I fly I'll be able to pull out my ID proudly and be sure the picture on it will be of Carla and not some beardy-weirdy.
I'm not 100% sure if I'll be able to get it changed before school starts, but that's just an arbitrary cutoff date I'd set for myself several months ago. If I'd realised how simple the papers are to fill out I'd've done it myself in January or February and have it all sorted by now, but that's OK. I've been living openly as Carla since May of 2009; this only makes it official with the state. AND since I've had genital surgery I should be able to get my gender marker changed with the Social Security Administration with ease. Dr Nguyen is sending me a letter stating that I've had permanent, irreversible genital surgery and that my transition is complete. He is SO awesome!
So even if I can't start the new semester with my real name, I can at least be sure to have it done by the end of the year. The next time I fly I'll be able to pull out my ID proudly and be sure the picture on it will be of Carla and not some beardy-weirdy.
Congratulations!
Date: 2010-07-21 02:47 am (UTC)Re: Congratulations!
Date: 2010-07-21 03:02 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-07-21 03:00 am (UTC)MY CABBAGES!!!
Date: 2010-07-21 03:03 am (UTC)Re: MY CABBAGES!!!
Date: 2010-07-21 03:20 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-07-21 04:30 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-07-21 04:54 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-07-21 07:21 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-07-21 12:11 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-07-22 06:44 am (UTC)