• elpaso [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    2 days ago

    It takes years to change your name. It’s an absolutely huge pain to do in the us and I expect it’s getting harder now that Trump wants to surpress womens turnout by forcing birth certificates and other identifications match.

    For me it took hundreds of hours and I had to drive 7 hours one way to get an updated birth certificate because Oklahoma at the time took months to process a birth certificate update. You also have to go in front of a judge and they have to be in a good mood to approve it in the first place. I had a friend who had to contact a senator to get the change to go through because she drew a bad judge.

    Seriously it fucking sucks to do in the US. Can take hundreds of man hours.