After recently changing my name I realized that my high school diploma has my old name. How big a deal is it to change the name on a high school diploma?
Whatever the procedure might be, I suspect it might just be easier to get a GED diploma (if you need one) in your new name.
I'm in the same boat. It looks like there's another thread about this, but there isn't a final answer on it :(
https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php?topic=141049.0
It's an old thread though, so there may have been improvements since then.
I couldn't touch mine do to it had been so long after so nothing from High school could be touched. Hugs
Mariah
This seems to be one of those ridiculous "jump through the hoops" kind of thing.
The son of one of my friends, who happens to be pretty smart, went from 10th frade in high school directly into university, without getting a diploma. Five years later, he had his PhD as a research scientist.
He could not find a job -- something was amiss because he could not produce a high-school diploma. All he could get was a minimum wage job in retail. So he took the GED, passed (of course), and at last was able to check that box. Employment problems vanished, and he is now a rising star in his field.
We seem to be moving all to rapidly from a "what can you do" economy to one that is more interested in your credentials than in your skills.
A Transgender Advocate's Guide to Updating and Amending School Records (http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/ferpa-faq)
Quote from: XKimX on February 18, 2016, 12:04:36 AM
This seems to be one of those ridiculous "jump through the hoops" kind of thing.
The son of one of my friends, who happens to be pretty smart, went from 10th frade in high school directly into university, without getting a diploma. Five years later, he had his PhD as a research scientist.
He could not find a job -- something was amiss because he could not produce a high-school diploma. All he could get was a minimum wage job in retail. So he took the GED, passed (of course), and at last was able to check that box. Employment problems vanished, and he is now a rising star in his field.
We seem to be moving all to rapidly from a "what can you do" economy to one that is more interested in your credentials than in your skills.
Well I don't want to take a bunch of test again just to get what I already have. How did your friend get into college without a high school diploma?
If the school is resisting your request to change/update your records, at least you have an advantage that those challenging bathroom or athletic participation rules don't: Parents/other students/other schools do not have standing to challenge you (since they will not be negatively affected in any way by your case) - it's just you/the TG community vs. the school and their policy.
Quote from: tgchar21 on February 21, 2016, 08:28:14 AM
If the school is resisting your request to change/update your records, at least you have an advantage that those challenging bathroom or athletic participation rules don't: Parents/other students/other schools do not have standing to challenge you (since they will not be negatively affected in any way by your case) - it's just you/the TG community vs. the school and their policy.
Well fortunately I graduated in Denver Colorado where it seems pretty transgender friendly and it was pretty progressive place when I went to school there.
I was able to contact my schools registrar and they were able to make a second profile for me, import all of my grades and issue a new transcript as they were unable to edit the old profile since it is now stored on microfiche.
As for the diploma, Jostens reprints diploma's, so the Jostens rep verified with the registrar of my old name, graduation date and that I had sent over appropriate documentation showing that I had legally changed name and then they put in for a reprint of my diploma in my new name. It was $27.70 for the reprint and shipping.
Too easy for me.
Already had college transcripts and a college diploma printed in both names. I gave the one in my birth name to my mother so she could hang that on the wall. I kept the one in my new legal name.