Transgender name-change victory in New York
October 21, 1:49 PM
Matt Kailey
http://www.examiner.com/x-12237-Transgender--Transsexual-Issues-Examiner~y2009m10d21-Transgender-namechange-victory-in-New-YorkThe Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF) in New York has just issued the following press release:
A New York State appeals court today struck down a lower court's requirement that transgender people seeking to change their names provide medical evidence of their need for the name change. The ruling was handed down in an appeal we filed on behalf of Olin Winn-Ritzenberg, a transgender man whose petition to change his name to Olin was denied by the lower court because he had failed to provide a letter from a doctor, therapist or social worker establishing his need to change his name.
