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Trans political candidate disqualified from House race for not using her deadname (www.thepinknews.com)
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[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm not sure, but from the article:

While candidates who change their name after marriage are exempt from the law, there is no exception for transgender candidates who change their name as part of their transition.

So I'm guessing she legally changed her name, but didn't fall under the marriage exception.

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I bet they haven't legally changed their name. If they had, the state having them use their birth name would be forcing them to break the law by providing a now invalid identity. If they hadn't, it would be the other way around, the state would be allowing them to run under an invalid identity. Neither of which seem legally likely.

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

As the article says, they have to keep providing any former name for five years except when changed by marriage.

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Makes sense. That's the case for many things, though. Especially in the public where name changes are often used to "re-brand" for lack of a better term. Don't really see the issue to be honest. Not really a fan of a person being exempt from the stuff everyone else has to do.