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#1
Last post by LoriDee - Today at 07:59:45 PM
It used to be Devil's Food. But while stationed in Germany, (not far from the Black Forest), my mother-in-law made me a birthday cake. Schwarzwald Kirshe Torte (Black Forest Cherry Cake. I fell in love.
#2
Last post by LoriDee - Today at 07:55:03 PM
As I understand it, if a change has been requested the records would be amended. The VA is working with the Personnel Records Center to digitize all of the records. Once they become electronic, the records will be easy to change.
#3
What's your favorite type of cake?
If your kind of cake has icing or frosting on it, what kind is it (such as one of the buttercreams)?
#4
Are you happy you MTF transitioned, to whatever extent you have come along on your transition journey?
#5
Last post by Jessica_K - Today at 07:06:15 PM
Here in the UK, gender change is a bit of an anomaly compared to the anti-trans agenda of the government as procedures have not been "updated" yet.
We have no concept of legal name, nor a national ID system so getting some ID is quite easy.
Changing birth certificate is very hard and costly to do. So most trans people do not do it.
Jessica.
#6
Unsure what I will eat this Friday evening!
#7
LoriDee,
One wonders what name is stored in the military records center in Saint Louis for transgender military personnel. Probably simply depends on what names were used when orders, medals, discharge, etc. were issued.
#8
Last post by big kim - Today at 02:50:08 PM
1/4 pound cheeseburger
#9
Last post by davina61 - Today at 01:15:22 PM
Pork and mushroom curry with a sort of veg biryani that I made up.
#10
Last post by LoriDee - Today at 11:14:45 AM
I am like you in that I disapprove of anything being stored "in the Cloud" or any Microsoft documents. The same goes for Google Docs. Although my presence on the internet (my profile here, social media, and even my personal website) clearly states that I am transgender, I do not allow Google or other search engines permission to index those profiles.
Less than a year after my legal name change, I applied for this apartment. They do background checks (outstanding warrants, sex offender registry, and credit reports). Since my name change was fairly "new" in these systems, I also presented a certified copy of the name change order to clarify any discrepancies in case some system had my old name tied to my social security number.
Now it has been almost two years since the name change, I do not allow any references to the old name and just state "That is not me". I am still fighting with the VA to remove any references to my dead name in my records, but that battle is ongoing. I suspect that the reason someone else's data is showing in my records is due to them coincidently sharing that name. For some unknown reason, they are unwilling or unable to just go in and delete the old references. But once that happens, like you, it will be a clean slate going forward.
What goes on in our private lives is no one's business, especially the government.
