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Title: Victory as New York trans man granted legal name change atĀ appeal
Post by: stephaniec on December 20, 2016, 08:53:04 PM
Victory as New York trans man granted legal name change at appeal

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/12/20/victory-as-new-york-trans-man-granted-legal-name-change-at-appeal/

Pink News/By Joseph Patrick McCormick 20th December 2016, 10:59 PM

"A transgender man in New York is celebrating victory after being allowed to legally change his name.
Ben Stanford had previously been denied the name change petition after a lower court said he declined to provide "medical evidence" of his transition. "