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Trans political candidate disqualified from House race for not using her deadname
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this post was submitted on 05 Jan 2024
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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.
As the article says, they have to keep providing any former name for five years except when changed by marriage.
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.