#namechanges — Public Fediverse posts

Colorado governor signs law recognizing that trans kids have privacy rights

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/colorado-polis-name-change-law

Colorado governor signs law recognizing that trans kids have privacy rights

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/colorado-polis-name-change-law

Colorado governor signs law recognizing that trans kids have privacy rights

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/colorado-polis-name-change-law

Estonia registered 550 fewer births in 2025 | News https://www.byteseu.com/1705262/ #BirthRateInEstonia #DeathRateInEstonia #demographics #divorces #Estonia #marriages #MinistryOfTheInterior #NameChanges #Population

Estonia registered 550 fewer births in 2025 | News

A total of 9,092 births were registered in Estonia last year, 551 fewer than in 2024, the Ministry…
#Estonia #EE #Europe #Europa #EU #birthrateinestonia #deathrateinestonia #demographics #divorces #Eesti #estonia #marriages #ministryoftheinterior #namechanges #Population #Uudised
https://www.europesays.com/2692522/

NiemanLab: Nine months later, that body of water down south is still the “Gulf of Mexico” to news outlets. “The news cycle has very much moved on; Trump leaves reporters no shortage of things to write about. But I wanted to check in and see how much ‘Gulf of America’ had stuck in news media. The answer is: not very much.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/29/niemanlab-nine-months-later-that-body-of-water-down-south-is-still-the-gulf-of-mexico-to-news-outlets/

Search Engine Roundtable: Spike In Google Business Profiles Name Changes?. “I am seeing some complaints within the local SEO community about a surge or spike in name changes happening to Google Business Profiles. It is unclear how widespread the issue is, or if there is a pattern to the issue or not – at least at this point in time.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/29/search-engine-roundtable-spike-in-google-business-profiles-name-changes/

Search Engine Roundtable: Spike In Google Business Profiles Name Changes?. “I am seeing some complaints within the local SEO community about a surge or spike in name changes happening to Google Business Profiles. It is unclear how widespread the issue is, or if there is a pattern to the issue or not – at least at this point in time.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/29/search-engine-roundtable-spike-in-google-business-profiles-name-changes/

Geeks are Sexy: MapQuest Enters Its Villain Arc, Hands You the Keys to Geography. “In a world where Apple Maps, Google Maps, and even Bing (yes, Bing) have bent the knee and rebranded the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, MapQuest has taken a different approach: pure, unfiltered chaos and hilarity. Introducing ‘Name Your Own Gulf’, the feature nobody asked for but everyone definitely […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/22/geeks-are-sexy-mapquest-enters-its-villain-arc-hands-you-the-keys-to-geography/

Geeks are Sexy: MapQuest Enters Its Villain Arc, Hands You the Keys to Geography. “In a world where Apple Maps, Google Maps, and even Bing (yes, Bing) have bent the knee and rebranded the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, MapQuest has taken a different approach: pure, unfiltered chaos and hilarity. Introducing ‘Name Your Own Gulf’, the feature nobody asked for but everyone definitely […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/22/geeks-are-sexy-mapquest-enters-its-villain-arc-hands-you-the-keys-to-geography/

Geeks are Sexy: MapQuest Enters Its Villain Arc, Hands You the Keys to Geography. “In a world where Apple Maps, Google Maps, and even Bing (yes, Bing) have bent the knee and rebranded the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, MapQuest has taken a different approach: pure, unfiltered chaos and hilarity. Introducing ‘Name Your Own Gulf’, the feature nobody asked for but everyone definitely […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/22/geeks-are-sexy-mapquest-enters-its-villain-arc-hands-you-the-keys-to-geography/

#ProgressiveConservativePartyofNewBrunswick (#PCNB) #government’s #proposed #revisions to #Policy713 #prioritize #cisgender #comfort over #transgender #rights

#Revisions reduce #support for #trans #students, requiring #parentalconsent for #namechanges, limiting #extracurricular #access, and enforcing #standards that #harm #educational #inclusivity.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Canada #NewBrunswick #Education #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Transphobia

https://nbmediacoop.org/2024/10/28/liberal-governments-proposed-revisions-to-policy-713-prioritize-cisgender-comfort-over-transgender-rights/

#ProgressiveConservativePartyofNewBrunswick (#PCNB) #government’s #proposed #revisions to #Policy713 #prioritize #cisgender #comfort over #transgender #rights

#Revisions reduce #support for #trans #students, requiring #parentalconsent for #namechanges, limiting #extracurricular #access, and enforcing #standards that #harm #educational #inclusivity.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Canada #NewBrunswick #Education #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Transphobia

https://nbmediacoop.org/2024/10/28/liberal-governments-proposed-revisions-to-policy-713-prioritize-cisgender-comfort-over-transgender-rights/

#ProgressiveConservativePartyofNewBrunswick (#PCNB) #government’s #proposed #revisions to #Policy713 #prioritize #cisgender #comfort over #transgender #rights

#Revisions reduce #support for #trans #students, requiring #parentalconsent for #namechanges, limiting #extracurricular #access, and enforcing #standards that #harm #educational #inclusivity.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Canada #NewBrunswick #Education #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Transphobia

https://nbmediacoop.org/2024/10/28/liberal-governments-proposed-revisions-to-policy-713-prioritize-cisgender-comfort-over-transgender-rights/

#ProgressiveConservativePartyofNewBrunswick (#PCNB) #government’s #proposed #revisions to #Policy713 #prioritize #cisgender #comfort over #transgender #rights

#Revisions reduce #support for #trans #students, requiring #parentalconsent for #namechanges, limiting #extracurricular #access, and enforcing #standards that #harm #educational #inclusivity.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Canada #NewBrunswick #Education #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Transphobia

https://nbmediacoop.org/2024/10/28/liberal-governments-proposed-revisions-to-policy-713-prioritize-cisgender-comfort-over-transgender-rights/

#ProgressiveConservativePartyofNewBrunswick (#PCNB) #government’s #proposed #revisions to #Policy713 #prioritize #cisgender #comfort over #transgender #rights

#Revisions reduce #support for #trans #students, requiring #parentalconsent for #namechanges, limiting #extracurricular #access, and enforcing #standards that #harm #educational #inclusivity.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Canada #NewBrunswick #Education #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Transphobia

https://nbmediacoop.org/2024/10/28/liberal-governments-proposed-revisions-to-policy-713-prioritize-cisgender-comfort-over-transgender-rights/

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#Loudwire
Rock + Metal Bands That Were Forced to Change Their Names
Either for legal reasons, or at their label's request.

https://loudwire.com/rock-metal-bands-forced-change-names/

#RockBands
#MetalBands
#NameChanges
#BandNameLegality
#BandNameOwnership
#Copyright
#Trademarks
#MusicIndustry

#Pennsylvania #Trans #Man Wins #Court #Case Over #NameChange

#StateLaw bans #legal #namechanges for #people #convicted of certain #felonies and #delays them for others.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Pennsylvania #Incarceration #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Transphobia

https://www.advocate.com/law/court-grans-trans-name-change

All three #plaintiffs in the #Indiana case — referred to by the initials A.C., B.E., and S.E. in #court #documents — have undergone #formal #namechanges and have #amended their #legal #names and #gendermarkers on their #birthcertificates.

#Germany proposes #rules to #ease #legal #changes of #gender.

The new #law would end #expert #assessments and #court #authorisation for #adults to change their #firstname and #legalgender.

#Women #Nonbinary #Transgender #LGBTQ #Transitioning #NameChanges #SelfID

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1768419/Germany-proposes-rules-to-ease-legal-changes-of-gender

#Germany proposes #rules to #ease #legal #changes of #gender.

The new #law would end #expert #assessments and #court #authorisation for #adults to change their #firstname and #legalgender.

#Women #Nonbinary #Transgender #LGBTQ #Transitioning #NameChanges #SelfID

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1768419/Germany-proposes-rules-to-ease-legal-changes-of-gender

#Germany proposes #rules to #ease #legal #changes of #gender.

The new #law would end #expert #assessments and #court #authorisation for #adults to change their #firstname and #legalgender.

#Women #Nonbinary #Transgender #LGBTQ #Transitioning #NameChanges #SelfID

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1768419/Germany-proposes-rules-to-ease-legal-changes-of-gender

#Germany proposes #rules to #ease #legal #changes of #gender.

The new #law would end #expert #assessments and #court #authorisation for #adults to change their #firstname and #legalgender.

#Women #Nonbinary #Transgender #LGBTQ #Transitioning #NameChanges #SelfID

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1768419/Germany-proposes-rules-to-ease-legal-changes-of-gender

#Germany proposes #rules to #ease #legal #changes of #gender.

The new #law would end #expert #assessments and #court #authorisation for #adults to change their #firstname and #legalgender.

#Women #Nonbinary #Transgender #LGBTQ #Transitioning #NameChanges #SelfID

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1768419/Germany-proposes-rules-to-ease-legal-changes-of-gender

#Ohio #SupremeCourt #Reviews #Trans #Woman's #Request to Adjust #BirthCertificate.

It’s already #legal to do, but a #procedural #greyarea makes it so each #county’s #probate #court can decide differently unless the #justices make a decision.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Ohio #Transitioning #NameChanges #BirthCertificates #EqualProtection

https://www.advocate.com/law/ohio-gender-marker-birth-certificate

#Ohio #SupremeCourt #Reviews #Trans #Woman's #Request to Adjust #BirthCertificate.

It’s already #legal to do, but a #procedural #greyarea makes it so each #county’s #probate #court can decide differently unless the #justices make a decision.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Ohio #Transitioning #NameChanges #BirthCertificates #EqualProtection

https://www.advocate.com/law/ohio-gender-marker-birth-certificate

#Ohio #SupremeCourt #Reviews #Trans #Woman's #Request to Adjust #BirthCertificate.

It’s already #legal to do, but a #procedural #greyarea makes it so each #county’s #probate #court can decide differently unless the #justices make a decision.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Ohio #Transitioning #NameChanges #BirthCertificates #EqualProtection

https://www.advocate.com/law/ohio-gender-marker-birth-certificate

#Ohio #SupremeCourt #Reviews #Trans #Woman's #Request to Adjust #BirthCertificate.

It’s already #legal to do, but a #procedural #greyarea makes it so each #county’s #probate #court can decide differently unless the #justices make a decision.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Ohio #Transitioning #NameChanges #BirthCertificates #EqualProtection

https://www.advocate.com/law/ohio-gender-marker-birth-certificate

#Ohio #SupremeCourt #Reviews #Trans #Woman's #Request to Adjust #BirthCertificate.

It’s already #legal to do, but a #procedural #greyarea makes it so each #county’s #probate #court can decide differently unless the #justices make a decision.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Ohio #Transitioning #NameChanges #BirthCertificates #EqualProtection

https://www.advocate.com/law/ohio-gender-marker-birth-certificate

#NewMexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed #HB207 expanding protections for #LGBTQ New Mexicans under the #HumanRightsAct. #HB31 removes the #publicationrequirement for #namechanges, enabling #transgender residents to petition for a name change safely.

They join #HB7 prohibiting public bodies from discriminating against individuals’ rights to use or refuse #reproductive and #genderaffirming #healthcare.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #NewMexico Politics #Allies
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2023/03/26/lgbtq-protections-added-to-n-m-human-rights-act/

#NewMexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed #HB207 expanding protections for #LGBTQ New Mexicans under the #HumanRightsAct. #HB31 removes the #publicationrequirement for #namechanges, enabling #transgender residents to petition for a name change safely.

They join #HB7 prohibiting public bodies from discriminating against individuals’ rights to use or refuse #reproductive and #genderaffirming #healthcare.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #NewMexico Politics #Allies
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2023/03/26/lgbtq-protections-added-to-n-m-human-rights-act/

#NewMexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed #HB207 expanding protections for #LGBTQ New Mexicans under the #HumanRightsAct. #HB31 removes the #publicationrequirement for #namechanges, enabling #transgender residents to petition for a name change safely.

They join #HB7 prohibiting public bodies from discriminating against individuals’ rights to use or refuse #reproductive and #genderaffirming #healthcare.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #NewMexico Politics #Allies
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2023/03/26/lgbtq-protections-added-to-n-m-human-rights-act/

#NewMexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed #HB207 expanding protections for #LGBTQ New Mexicans under the #HumanRightsAct. #HB31 removes the #publicationrequirement for #namechanges, enabling #transgender residents to petition for a name change safely.

They join #HB7 prohibiting public bodies from discriminating against individuals’ rights to use or refuse #reproductive and #genderaffirming #healthcare.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #NewMexico Politics #Allies
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2023/03/26/lgbtq-protections-added-to-n-m-human-rights-act/

#NewMexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed #HB207 expanding protections for #LGBTQ New Mexicans under the #HumanRightsAct. #HB31 removes the #publicationrequirement for #namechanges, enabling #transgender residents to petition for a name change safely.

They join #HB7 prohibiting public bodies from discriminating against individuals’ rights to use or refuse #reproductive and #genderaffirming #healthcare.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #NewMexico Politics #Allies
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2023/03/26/lgbtq-protections-added-to-n-m-human-rights-act/

#GeorgeFloyd #schools #education #racism #NameChanges

USA Today: Over 80 schools changed their names in the wake of George Floyd's murder. See our database

https://news.yahoo.com/over-80-schools-changed-names-100035455.html