Changing Your Name

Changing your name is one of the major steps in becoming the “new you”. This process can take several months as you will be changing your name on your: Drivers License/ID Card, Passport, US Post Office, Voter Registration, Social Security Card, Paycheck/Banking/IRS, Vehicle Title & Registration and all secondary sources and agencies etc. The two main places you’ll want to change are your passport and your social security card. Once these are changed, it will be easy to change everything else on the list.
In an effort to help walk you through this process, we have provided the information below from the National Center for Transgender Equality.
Updating Your Passport

Updating Your Passport

In June 2021, the State Department announced that it would no longer require passport applicants to submit medical certification to change the gender marker on their passports. Under this policy, a transgender person can obtain a passport reflecting their gender by submitting an application with the chosen gender marker selected. This policy replaced the Department’s old policy requiring certification by a physican of appropriate clinical treatment for gender transition, which had been in place since 2010.

As of summer 2021, applicants may self-select an M or F gender marker for their passport. In the same policy announcement, the State Department stated that an X gender marker would also be available for selection in the near future.

Updating Your Social Security Card

Updating Your Social Security Card

Under current policy, a transgender person can change their gender on their Social Security records by submitting either government-issued documentation reflecting a change, or a certification from a physician confirming that they have had appropriate clinical treatment for gender transition.

Updating Your Military Records

Updating Your Military Records

According to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey, nearly one in five transgender people are military service members or veterans, almost twice the rate in the general population. As transgender vets know, records with former names or outdated gender designations can put people’s privacy at risk and lead to harassment when applying for jobs or benefits and in other situations. Fortunately, it is now easier to update these records.

Name Change Requirements in New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware & the New England States

New York

https://familylegalfilings.com/category/1?state=new-york&gclid=CjwKCAjwk6-LBhBZEiwAOUUDp3rNXGu3tNPDZMWQ2yBrtapssa2A7BjVmf-76-rP61pAsi8xRWYiyBoC8vsQAvD_BwE

Massachusetts

https://www.mass.gov/how-to/legally-change-your-name-as-an-adult

Rhode Island

https://eforms.com/name-change/ri/

Connecticut

https://uwc.211ct.org/name-changes-changing-your-name-connecticut/

Maine

https://www.mainetrans.net/change-name

New Hampshire

https://transequality.org/documents/state/new-hampshire#:~:text=To%20obtain%20a%20legal%20name,generally%20no%20publication%20is%20required.

Vermont

https://vtlawhelp.org/name-and-gender-marker-changes-vermont

Pennsylvania

https://transequality.org/documents/state/pennsylvania

Delaware

https://transequality.org/documents/state/delaware