Rhonda, good luck with that! It is wonderful to look at a legal paper with your chosen name on it! But I know the work will start now! Hugs Lana Mae
Rhonda, good luck with that! It is wonderful to look at a legal paper with your chosen name on it! But I know the work will start now! Hugs Lana Mae
Life is worth living!
"Foxy lady! You look so good!!" Jimi Hendrix
Hi Lana, I legally changed my name today, took about an hour and $244.00. My name is officially Sophie. Now all I have to do is figure out how to change it on here, I've tried but with no success.
Sophie Mosley
Sophie, go to the section marked Forum news, issues and help! Go to the closed thread marked name change by Di and follow the instructions! Piece of cake but you may have to add to the name to clarify which Sophie is you! Best wishes Hugs Lana Mae
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"Foxy lady! You look so good!!" Jimi Hendrix
OK, great day but discovered I am a block head! I called the local Social Security office after getting the number off their door! They can do my name change by mail! They are doing with the form SS-5 and the court order only, as the court order has both names on it! Mailed it next day delivery via UPS! It should not be long now! LOL Hugs Lana Mae
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Those are great news Lana.
Now I'm stuck with my name and gender changed because courts are just receiving paperwork but mine are not considered "essential" so judge doesn't read them....
HRT 042018; Full time 032019
Orchiectomy 062020; gender& name legal changed 102020
Electrolysis face begins 082019, in genitals for GCS 062021
Breast augmentation surgery 012022
GCS 072022; BBL 022023; GCS revision 04203;END TRANSITION
Lana Mae,
Remember to contact them again and make sure they filled out the corresponding forms to change your name with the IRS, Medicare/Medicaid, and any other Federal agency that relies on the Social Security identification for ID info. I had to return later to get that done and it should have been done the first time around. They forgot to do it!
Congrats,
Allie
Devi, wishing your better luck with yours! Thanks!
Allie, I will do that when I get the card back! Thanks!
Hugs Lana Mae
Life is worth living!
"Foxy lady! You look so good!!" Jimi Hendrix
When I did my name/gender change I was told at the SSA that Medicare would automatically update. It does not. It took me three trips and several months before Medicare got changed. The third trip I insisted on talking to a person who knew how to do it. Of course, that was several years ago and things change.
DL and SSA are just the tip of the iceberg. Every company, organization, data base of any kind that you deal with will have their own rules and procedures for changing your name.
Also, it is important to recall any and all accounts, loans, memberships, etc. and change them too. Your credit history will get messed up when the same SS number is attached to different names. I found this out the hard way when getting preapproved for a home mortgage.
Thanks, Jeri Ann! I know that this is just the start! I have thought about the credit reporting agencies and letting them know as well as so many more! Since I was able to proceed with Social Security, it just feels like I can get started with the rest! Hugs Lana Mae
Life is worth living!
"Foxy lady! You look so good!!" Jimi Hendrix
Here is my long list and I still missed a few!! Good luck.
Allie
Changes
OK - Name
OK - Gender
OK - SSN
OK - Drivers License with Real ID
OK - Passport
OK - Medicare through Social Security
OK - Anthem Blue Cross
Done - Medicare Plan D Prescriptions Rx Insurance
Done - Dental & Vision Insurance
OK - Dept. of Real Estate
OK - Home and Car Insurance
Deed, Home Title, Property Taxes (Title company)
PAID OFF - Home Equity Line of Credit (Heloc)
DONE - Car Loan
DONE - Lyon Martin Medical LGBTQ+ Clinic
NOT Required - Planned Parenthood
OK - Doctors
OK - Credit Union
DONE - Retirement
Stock Funds
OK - Visa Credit Card
OK - Other credit cards
Rite Aid Card
Walgreens Card
CVS Card
Ace Hardware Card
DONE - Car Registration
SENT - FasTrack
OK - Condo HOA
DONE - XFinity Mobile - Cell Phone
DONE - Comcast home services
OK - PG&E (Electric & Gas)
DONE - EBMUD (water services)
OK - Republic Garbage Services
DONE - Home Loans
DONE - IRS
AND SO ON!!!!!!
Thanks Allie, I am working on a list for address change for when I find a house to buy. I am up to 28. The lists are very similar with a few exceptions like USPS. They don't need your name but they do need your address to forward mail.
Believe it or not, my court order that was done a long time ago is back in the court that issued it. After waiting forever, the State Department of Vital Statistics denied my request to amend my Birth Certificate because they said the wording was not sufficient. It has been sufficient in every other case. Now I am waiting for the amended court order so that I can try again with the state.
This mess goes on and on.
Last edited by Jeri Ann; 06-20-2020 at 05:37 AM.
Allie, thanks for the list! I have one already but will definitely refer to yours for back-up!
Jeri Ann, best wishes for all of that to work out soon!
Hugs Lana Mae
Life is worth living!
"Foxy lady! You look so good!!" Jimi Hendrix
As they said, they sent the court order back to me! Then a letter came stating the card would arrive in two weeks! Still trying to wait patiently! Hugs Lana Mae
Life is worth living!
"Foxy lady! You look so good!!" Jimi Hendrix
Well, after reading the problem Jeri Ann has, Lana Mae in my case I can expect whatever because I'm not born in the Dtates and will have to amend certification of naturalization.
I was thinking, after watching Disclosure, the TV documentary about we, trans people, on the movies, that we had been for so long in the history of the humanity but always were seen as a joke and now that they are seeing we're serious we surprise them and many don't have idea what to do or how react so made mistakes... so we have to keep being more visible and, I hope, all would proceed with the name and gender marker change so yo open the road for the ones behind us....
Devi
HRT 042018; Full time 032019
Orchiectomy 062020; gender& name legal changed 102020
Electrolysis face begins 082019, in genitals for GCS 062021
Breast augmentation surgery 012022
GCS 072022; BBL 022023; GCS revision 04203;END TRANSITION
My friend Barbara is from Monterey and she had to go back there to change her birth certificate. She used her new Mexican birth certificate to get a Mexican passport. When she gets her US citizenship in a few years then she can apply for a US passport.
Update: On internet to find contacts for name change at various places! Tomorrow sending in copy of court order to change my name on Nursing Licence! It should be done in 5 days! Then, I can be Lana Mae at work! Yeah! Hugs Lana Mae
Life is worth living!
"Foxy lady! You look so good!!" Jimi Hendrix
Update again! At work, my fellow employees on 2nd shift, have started calling me Lana or Lana Mae all of the time! A few of the residents have also! I went into work on my day off without a bra! Girl, did I hear it! "Your nipples are showing!" "Bet you aren't wearing a bra!" Then they felt for one! Then they said, "if you want to be a girl then you need to wear your bra!" I guess they are right! I have one on today! Now the good news: I got my Social Security card in the mail!!!! Not my Nursing License yet but should be here soon! Hugs Lana Mae
Life is worth living!
"Foxy lady! You look so good!!" Jimi Hendrix
Today, I sent letters to my cousin and my last friend in PA! I told them about me and that I have changed my name! I am not sure what the reactions will be but that is how it is now! Got my Part D card but not Medicare or part B! Moving on! LM
Life is worth living!
"Foxy lady! You look so good!!" Jimi Hendrix
Today, I checked the nursing board's site and I am now listed as Lana Mae Walshaw!!!! Now I can be Lana Mae at work! I cried! LM
Life is worth living!
"Foxy lady! You look so good!!" Jimi Hendrix
Congratulations Lana Mae! I'm so happy for you!
That slippery slope we once discussed seems to be leveling out. Congratulations.
Lana Mae, that is wonderful news. You’ve just past another major milepost on your journey. You are proving that North Carolina’s innate disapproval of alt lifestyles is slowly changing. Clearly not an easy path, but a path nevertheless.
Congratulations,
Rhonda
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Be all the woman that you can be!
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. . . and now, On With The Show!
Bridget: Thanks!
Brianna: Thanks!
Laura: Thanks! Yes, that slippery slope is starting to level out!
Rhonda: Thanks! I just am being me!
I am now being held up by the drivers license! You know-a picture ID!
Just a little longer-appointment at DMV on Aug 3!
Hugs LM
Life is worth living!
"Foxy lady! You look so good!!" Jimi Hendrix
I was blown away how fast my court order for the name change was processed. I submitted it in person on July 13, and received the signed court order change in the mail 9 days later on July 22. My records have been sealed upon my request and I don't need to submit any announcement to the local newspaper as required by law in normal cases. The same night a sent the request to my endo to sign the letter that he treated me (hormones in my case), and my gender is now female. The letter was ready today the same day and I can pick it up tomorrow. In 10 days, I changed the name through the court and changed my gender marker!!!
I am scheduling appointment to the DVM to change my driver's license and the vehicle title at the same time. Once I get the license, I plan to apply for US passport and Social Security, Med insurance, and financial institutions in that order.