Thursday, March 03, 2016

We Are Lucky, We Are So Very Lucky

Here in Connecticut it is so easy to change your name but in other states it can be a nightmare.
Judge denies name change for trans youth
The Philadelphia Gay News
By Tim Cwiek
March 2, 2016

A Montgomery County judge has denied a name-change petition filed on behalf of a trans boy, even though both of the boy's parents support the name change.

The youth, identified by his mother as "Aidan," was 16 in September when Common Pleas Judge Bernard A. Moore denied the name-change petition.

Moore couldn't be reached for comment.

Due to a state Supreme Court ruling about 20 years ago, Pennsylvania judges cannot deny a name-change petition filed by a trans adult simply on the basis that the judge is anti-transgender.

However, when Pennsylvania judges consider whether to approve a name-change petition filed on behalf of a trans youth under 18, they have more discretion in determining what's in the "best interest" of the youth.
And the judge took the coward’s way, he never stated the why he didn’t approve of the name change. It was just a one line letter that said that his name change was denied.

Did he base is decision on legal matters or was it based on his personal beliefs? Somehow I don’t think his decision was based on anything legal, that his personal beliefs strongly affected his ruling.

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