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Court erred in declining name change for gender transition

Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services//December 4, 2019//

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Court erred in declining name change for gender transition

Court erred in declining name change for gender transition

Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services//December 4, 2019//

What you want to call yourself legally is no one’s business but your own, the state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday. In a precedent-setting decision, the three-judge panel overturned a...

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Tags: transition, Yuma Superior Court, gender, Valeria Cortez, David Weinzweig, Arizona Court of Appeals, Lawrence Kenworthy, Southern Arizona Gender Alliance

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