hi    Hypatia that all sounds good . i was thinking hey are you a girl or a boy ... you know what i am saying they treated you as a person , now that is good . like it should be its your trade  .(( qual.s  )), things are looking up . slow it may be .  we will get there ......

                  ...noeleena...

The only place I had problems with my name change wasn't at jobs I was applying for, but when I applied at college.  Like within one day I got a call from their lead administrator and asked me sheepishly, "Did you uh.. ever go by any other names?"

I then explained it.  She told me that schools can find anything related to other schools.  Most likely they did this by checking my social.

Glad it worked out for ya hon!

Well, I haven't been hired yet... I'm waiting to hear about that. Quite anxiously.

Here's hoping. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.

Thanks!

Many years ago the company I worked for was taking on some DND contracts which required everyone to have a military security clearance. The form required a 25 year history which, for me, included pre-transition.

In the space for "any other names" I wrote "information available to authorized investigator only". I did get a call from a high ranking officer asking for an explanation. I told him the whole story. He was very understanding and went to great lengths to preserve my stealth, even using proper pronouns and names in every case. No one was ever the wiser.