Hacker NewsMar 8, 2025
My legal last name prevents me from completing my Twitch affiliate onboarding — https://old.reddit.com/r/Twitch/comments/1j3fvzx/my_legal_last_name_is_preventing_me_from/
#HackerNews #TwitchIssues #TwitchAffiliate #LegalName #GamingCommunity #StreamingProblems
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Feb 13, 2025
#SAVEAct Could Stop Millions of #Women From Voting. Here’s What You Need to
Know
Bill would make it harder for women, people of color, young voters, and other marginalized groups to register to #vote. It would have a direct impact on anyone whose #legalname does not match their #birthcertificate or #passport, such as 79% of heterosexual married women.
Data show that SAVE Act would only #disenfranchise eligible American #voters, and do nothing to prevent illegal voting.
https://www.glamour.com/story/save-act-could-stop-millions-women-voting
The SAVE Act, Which Could Stop Millions of Women From Voting, Just Passed in the House

The SAVE Act in Congress and its potential impact on women and other marginalized groups—a detailed explainer.

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Show threadLikely Jan LukasFeb 13, 2025

@hacks4pancakes

A good moment for me to make my (generally futile) reminder that a #MarriedName is an #AdoptedName / #AssumedName that is recognised by tradition and convention, and is not the same as a #LegalName.

If one obtains a #LegalChangeOfName there are additional filings (and sometimes fees, affadavits, etc) with the local #VitalStats / #Registries office, which will also result in an amendment to the name on any #BirthCertificates issued thereafter.

Gabriela Noriega 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇧🇷May 19, 2023

Hey, does the #vCard #spec have proper support for annotating both the #preferredName and the #legalName?

If not then I guess it's time for me to draft an #RFC.

Jess ZimbabweApr 17, 2023
The #CaliforniaArchitectsBoard somehow inexplicably just issued my renewal architect’s license to my previous #legalName. (I changed my name in 2008 when I got married and sent them a copy of the court order then.) All of my previous renewal licenses since then have been issued without issue, so it’s not clear why they reverted to the old name now, but it definitely feels like a plot line in a #MargaretAtwood novel.