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Law Students Help Transgender Clients With Name Changes

Friday, July 22, 2016

"..."“This can be a really difficult process for some clients,” Chopski said. “We’re there not only as legal representation to guide them through the process but as a support system.”

According to a 2011 study by the National Center for Transgender Equality and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, one-third of the transgender survey respondents had not updated any identification documents to reflect their new gender, and just one-fifth had updated all their documents..."

 

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