Name Changing on Personal Documents: A Guide for Organisations
A Guide for Organisations to the Change of Name for Trans People | Best Practice: Changing the Records of Trans People
http://www.pfc.org.uk/node/1576Part 1: A Guide for Organisations to the Change of Name for Trans People
Introduction
For transsexual and transgender people who commence living permanently in their preferred gender role the changing of one's documentation is a crucial part of the transition process. Changing a person's name and gender pronouns can be relatively easy in this time of automated computerised systems, and there is every reason why the lawful change of name and pronouns for a trans person, in your records and face to face practice, should be extremely easy.
This short guide is to enable institutions to understand how a trans1 person can request that their name and pronouns be changed on your records, and your lawful obligation to meet these requests. Or as one trans woman who had been embroiled in discussions with her bank for several months said: "A simple guide to prevent middle managers 'making it up on the spot'."
