Some states prohibit legal gender changes or require proof of costly transition surgery. In Maryland, a group helps trans people pay fees and jump through hoops, but many trans people still struggle.
People who identify with the gender they were assigned at birth rarely have to think about how people will react to their official documents. But according to the 2015 US Trans Survey, more than two-thirds of trans people didn't have a single piece of identification with their preferred name and gender marker.
Presenting an ID that doesn't match your outward appearance can be awkward, but sometimes it's worse than that. A quarter of trans people said they were verbally harassed after showing an ID that didn't correspond with their gender presentation, according to the survey. Smaller shares of respondents said they were denied service or even assaulted.
A name change is relatively easy, though it's not fast or cheap. It often requires paying court fees, document-copying fees, and sometimes the cost of putting a public notice in a newspaper. Most respondents to the 2015 survey who changed their names paid between $100 and $500. Sometimes the process can be done entirely on paper, but some courts require people to appear in person.
Some groups can offer advice or financial help for name changes. Trans Maryland has helped over 300 people navigate the process of changing their legal names and updating their Social Security cards or driver's licenses to match their names or gender markers, according to Lee Blinder, the group's executive director. The costs can run to $700 or higher, depending on how many documents a person seeks to update and whether they change their legal name, gender or both.
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