Name & Gender Marker Changes: A Workshop for the Transgender and Allied Community
This workshop provides an overview and discussion of the essentials of changing your name and gender marker for the transgender and genderqueer community. It will discuss how to change your name and gender marker, concerns and obstacles that you might encounter, and additional steps that you might want to take after or during the name and gender marker change process, such as changes with Social Security, DMV, credit cards, and educational records.
details
- when: saturday, may 29th, 2010, from 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
- to attend: Please see the info page for more information on attending any of the workshops at the 2010 Boston Skillshare.
- facilitated by: Dale Marie Edwards and Rachel K. Zall
lesson plan
Opening overview of the personal experience of the name and gender marker change process
Some key legal considerations
Review of key documents and forms
Review of related issues such as transcripts
Discussion of participant concerns and questions
facilitator experience
Massachusetts Transgender Legal Advocates is a free legal clinic for low-income transgender people. www.transgenderlegaladvocates.org
Rachel K. Zall is the Project Manager and Steering Committee member of the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition, and has experience with this process in Middlesex County
Dale Marie Edwards is an activist with the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition, and has experience with the name and gender marker change process in Suffolk County.
intended audience
Members of the transgender and allied communities; no advanced knowledge required.
other resources suggested by the facilitator
MTLA's website:
www.transgenderlegaladvocates.org
MTPC's name change kit:
http://www.masstpc.org/projects/namechange.shtml