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minus-squaresnooggums@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down4·1 年前Ah yes, a law that sounds equal but mostly applies to women in practice due to who is most likely to change their name.
minus-squarederf82@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 年前Changing name due to marriage is specifically excluded from this requirement, likely due to the disproportionate effect on women.
minus-squaresnooggums@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down4·edit-21 年前So it just ends up being disproportionately targeted at transgender people then. Sorry, I assumed it was like the TSA PreCheck which requires every name change a woman has gone through during their entire life.
Ah yes, a law that sounds equal but mostly applies to women in practice due to who is most likely to change their name.
Changing name due to marriage is specifically excluded from this requirement, likely due to the disproportionate effect on women.
So it just ends up being disproportionately targeted at transgender people then.
Sorry, I assumed it was like the TSA PreCheck which requires every name change a woman has gone through during their entire life.