Alex 
I'm really looking forward to this Wednesday afternoon. After well over a month’s wait, I finally get to update my ID with my new legal name. I'm also converting from driver's license to state ID, changing the sex identifier, and updating the hair color to embrace the grey! Fun times indeed!!!
It's sad that businesses and healthcare consider your legal name to be what's on your state ID.
I've had a court decree for over a month saying Alex is my legal name. But my local DMV office is booked out over a month to update my state ID, and they won't take walk-ins apparently.
So when I go places, they say my legacy name is my legal name. I've taken to saying "My name is Alex, but you have it as (blah)" because it'd be incorrect to call my legacy name a legal name.
Here's hoping I have less than a month more of this twilight time!
Danilynn Jiibay (ᐧᐋᐸᓄᑮᔑᒃ)Today marks my 1-year anniversary of getting my name legally changed.
My spouse at the time helped chip in on the expenses and process of having my name legally changed last year. Despite the process on my end being smooth, it's still insane the hoops I had to overcome in this state simply to do so.
Really hoping this passes so it'll be more accessible for my fellow trans michiganders.
Gabriela Noriega 🏳️⚧️ 🇧🇷Why the hell is updating a legal name so fucking expensive here?
I spent:
18 BRL in printing fees (bc my printer is shit)
174.39 BRL in notary fees
21 BRL for mail delivery of my new birth certificate
Total: 213.39 BRL (not including Uber fares)
Adjusted by federal minimum wages (6/h for Brazil and 7.25/h for America) it would be like 258 USD in the USA.
If we were to use state minimum wages (6.67/h for São Paulo, 15/h for New York, 15.50/h for California) it would be like 480~496 USD.
Thank god there are many programs and initiatives here to provide free name and legal sex change to those who cannot afford to pay out of pocket.
S t a c i eToday is the 7th anniversary of my legal name change. I call it my Bee Day. 🐝