That's why I use an AKA, and not a legal name change as they will not change the name on the degrees.

Quote from: tekla on June 16, 2008, 04:14:25 PM
That's why I use an AKA, and not a legal name change as they will not change the name on the degrees.

I checked with my professional school and they will change my name on my transcripts if I submit the court ordered name change.  Then further down the page there is a place to order a new diploma.  So I hope I can change the name, then a few months later order a new diploma.  Not sure about my undergrad degree.

Professional licensing just requires the court order and a name change form. 

Jay

I checked with my grad school and they have no process to change it.  Not that it matters, whats important is what you learned, not the paper.

i didn't pick it.  it's my family name & i'll never change it.

I'll keep my surname... except if my dad gets a third face. if that does happen, though, I'll have a look at our family tree. *smiles*

Well, Origonaly I was going to keep the family surname...

But then I went through all kinds of hell with them and was going to shorten my name and use my picked middle name as the surname <cuz its just baddass>

Well, now I'm going to inherate the family buisness <most of the hell has been worked out/through> and I'm thinking of either going back to plan A, or moving to plan C which is a hyphonation of both names LoL

Quote from: tekla on June 16, 2008, 04:57:19 PM
I checked with my grad school and they have no process to change it.  Not that it matters, whats important is what you learned, not the paper.

I've not had any problem changing my name on the records of any of the schools I contacted.  (I figured I wouldn't even try the conservative Christian seminary.)

Quote from: Laura91 on June 16, 2008, 12:04:56 PMMy family is kind of freaked out that I am changing my last name, but I have no intentions of changing my mind and I have made that VERY clear to everyone.

Forgive me for asking, but what's the reason for it? Before reading this thread, I hadn't been aware that last-name changing was done much as a part of transition.

At the time I changed my name, I had been disowned and was going through some really difficult times at work where some of my church leaders were in control.  There was no way I was going to keep my surname. I had become ashamed to use it.  My parents had no issues with me changing my name in this way at the time but now regret that posturing.

When I was out in drag, I had an AKA chosen to maximize a person's understanding of my name without repeating it. When I first started appearing in public, I wasn't comfortable enough to repeat my name over and over until people got it.  So I chose a common name which I thought would only need to spoken once.  When it came time to change my name legally, I had been using it long enough that I had become comfortable with it.

Cindi

I didn't like the combined sound of "April," and my last name, so I shortened my last name. I had joked to friends about changing my last name to "Showers," but THAT idea wasn't so very well received.

Oh, well.

Quote from: April221 on June 17, 2008, 04:54:26 PM
I didn't like the combined sound of "April," and my last name, so I shortened my last name. I had joked to friends about changing my last name to "Showers," but THAT idea wasn't so very well received.

Oh, well.

And then you could pair up with a partner named May Flowers 

Z

My last name shall remain the one it is right now.

Quote from: Hypatia on June 17, 2008, 11:29:28 AM

Quote from: Laura91 on June 16, 2008, 12:04:56 PMMy family is kind of freaked out that I am changing my last name, but I have no intentions of changing my mind and I have made that VERY clear to everyone.

Forgive me for asking, but what's the reason for it? Before reading this thread, I hadn't been aware that last-name changing was done much as a part of transition.

Well, in my case it just feels right to change my last name as well as the first and middle names. My family thinks that I should keep my last name, but I have told them over and over that I would feel wrong if I kept it. Because that would mean that I would end up compromising on this issue and I have no intention whatsoever of doing so. It is my life after all and I have the right to do what I want. It may just take them longer to see that.

Cordone, after... the cordon tool in Half Life 1's level editor.  I stole my name from a character in a personal project I was working on, I just liked it.  Such a video game nerd. 

no change in my last name.  My mom would kill me