Hey everyone!

I'm needing a bit of help. I changed my name a few years ago and kept my deadname as a middle name (hyphenated with my original middle name, which I'm keeping) I'm getting my gender marker changed this year and I was wondering how I'd go about removing my deadname?

It was a good idea at the time but I've grown to hate that decision. I was wondering if I could just get it dropped when I apply for a new birth certificate. How would I go about that? Do I have to apply for another name change?

Thanks in advance

  • Yes, in order to change your name you have to file a change of name as well as the change of sex or gender.

    This means you’ll need to pay both fees too.

    I was told (and this was borne out when I got the certificates), that if you file both at the same time then the birth certificate won’t have the section listing previous names, but I would assume that your current birth certificate already has that, so I don’t know what happen in that case.

    (My change of name certificate also lists that I changed my name from and to my deadname on the date that I got married, so it would appear that the system is not without its hiccoughs)

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  • Will depend upon your state or territory. But fundamentally it's another legal name change the same as you did before. In most states & territories they can be done in the same application as gender.

    I did something similar with my dead name & had it removed when I did the gender change a year later

    parent

  • In WA, your old name and sex won’t show on your new birth certificate

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  • Yeah just depends on your state, in SA you can do them together when doing a gender marker change and it's quick, I just did mine and it took 13 days from submitting it but they usually estimate 3-4 weeks.

    parent

  • Yep in WA I'm 99% sure it's another name change application. Gender marker change became quite a lot more easy last year. Basically will need to submit a name change form and gender change form at the same time, then you'll get a change of name certificate and replacement birth certificate out of it. Cost me $448 late last year. 

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