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Thanks to one of our contributors, Namesake forms now include address autocomplete! 📍 This feature should help prevent typos and answer the common question, "what county am I in?" We hope it makes filling out forms a little easier 💜

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Did you hear? Namesake now supports Rhode Island! ⚓ We have just released guides on filing court orders, updating your ID or driver’s license, and amending your birth certificate in America’s smallest (but no less mighty) State. Get started here: namesake.fyi/blog/support... Happy Pride Month! 💜

Happy Pride Month from us at Namesake 💜 We’re living in dangerous and uncertain times, but our team is committed to helping empower trans people through our tools and resources.

In love with @namesake.fyi and their design choices for all the normal reasons but also:

hooray, Namesake has a (very baby) contributor manual docs.namesake.fyi

Forms are now easier to access! We’ve embedded them right inside of the guides that explain the steps for a name change. No more switching back and forth between tabs.

For my @xtramagazine.com column this month, I wrote about a recent controversy where a Democratic primary opponent of a trans woman in a Michigan State House race tried to get her thrown off the ballot because her candidate paperwork didn't list her deadname. xtramagazine.com/power/politi...

For anyone interested: We'll be at #MakeShift2026, hosted at the School of Visual Arts, where @ky.fyi will be giving a talk on Thursday, 5/21 from 1:45–2:45PM EDT! Registration info can be found here: luma.com/602z282n & More info about the event can be found here: makeshift2026.dtpr.io/program

We want to hear about your usernames for a project we’re working on! Our team has been online the majority of our lives, and we all have our own stories of usernames, past and present, and how they shaped our own journeys in self-identity. Do you have a story behind yours? forms.gle/H5Z3eUhzDjRw...

Namesake has a new font: a custom version of the famous Atkinson Hyperlegible! namesake.fyi/blog/atkinso...

Passing along an opportunity: @thehouseofdenise.bsky.social is looking for anonymous accounts of “the who, what, when & how of finding new names” in hopes of making a workbook to aide trans, nb and genderfluid people’s journeys in “trans self-exploration & determination.” forms.gle/dCBE8Yaj43e2...

Happy Trans Day of Visibility from us at Namesake! 💜🏳️‍⚧️ We've been a little quiet, but only because we're hard at work expanding into more states. (More on that soon 🤞) Check out our coverage map at namesake.fyi. If you see a state you think you can help with, or know someone who can, email / DM us!

No discount code expires with @kansascitydsa.bsky.social so long as we have the funds linktr.ee/kcdsa

Kansas is one of 5 states to prohibit trans people from changing gender markers on ID, and first to pass a law that retroactively cancels licenses.

For Kansans: If you need help covering the costs of a new ID, transportation to the DMV, etc., both the LGBTQ Foundation of Kansas and Equality El Dorado have set up mutual aid funds to help: LGBTQ Foundation of Kansas: lgbtqks.org/sb244/ Equality El Dorado: [email protected]

If you don't see the problem with forcing this man to carry an F for female on his driver's license then I don't know what to tell you

This story, from @natezuke.bsky.social, is absolutely wild. A trans woman who never changed her gender marker was issued a letter invalidating her license. At the DMV they cut up her license, which had an "M" marker. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

once again, i am begging everyone to turn some of their energy towards abolishing the concept of legal gender. there is no reason gender has to be on driver's licenses and passports, and for most of history, it wasn't!

MAKE AN EMERGENCY DONATION to Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate there and they are overwhelmed with requests. CO borders KS, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out. GO DONATE. tcpipeline.org

As of tonight, licenses of trans people across Kansas are being invalidated en masse, enabling the overnight criminalization of an entire group of people for going about our lives. It’s often said you never know when you’re living through history, so let me assure you: that’s what’s happening now.

1. Numerous transgender people in Kansas are reporting that the state has sent them a letter demanding the immediate surrender of drivers licenses. Those driving could be arrested, charged, and see privileges revoked. Subscribe to support our journalism. www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...

Folks who’ve used app.namesake.fyi: remember to download any existing forms before March 31! We will be deleting all user data from our existing app in favor of our new public forms.

Indiana BMV is removing the option to change gender markers using a court ordered gender change or physician statement. This Thursday — February 12th. www.in.gov/bmv/licenses...

Last year, we launched a web app to assist trans people with legal name changes. Today, we’re removing the login wall and registration requirements and making everything publicly accessible.

Trans youth deserve: 🏳️‍⚧️ Access to affirming health care, 🏳️‍⚧️ The ability to make decisions about their own medical care, and 🏳️‍⚧️ To make health care decisions free from government interference. Hear more trans people speak out about their health care experiences: lambdalegal.org/speak-out/

The Department of Health and Human Services has proposed a new set of rules attempting to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth nationwide. Take action and tell HHS: No bans on gender-affirming care.

20,000 words, 150 footnotes, 100+ timeline events = our attempt at documenting and synthesizing all the ways that the federal government has attempted to destroy access to gender-affirming care since January unbreaking.org/issues/trans...

a bit belated, but: happy to share that Namesake has partnered with Superbloom for fiscal sponsorship!

Giving people ownership over their legal name isn’t just about cutting red tape, it’s about helping trans people to safely travel, work, and access social services. Help Namesake continue our work by becoming a one-time or sustaining donor this Giving Tuesday: namesake.fyi/donate

For trans journalists, it can be a challenge to change bylines—both logistically and emotionally. @rosebroderick.bsky.social shares advice on how to do so.

Justice Jackson, dissenting, asking the *real* question here

This fight isn't over. Our case challenging President Trump's executive order will still move forward. In the meantime anyone who applies for a new, corrected, or replacement passport, or for a passport renewal, is at risk of having their passport issued bearing the sex they were assigned at birth.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court will allow the Trump administration to enforce its anti-trans and anti-nonbinary passport policy during litigation. The unsigned, four-paragraph order effectively reverses two lower-court decisions. The Democratic appointees dissent. More to come: www.lawdork.com

Last month, @eva.town and @mbbischoff.com presented at Chi Hack Night to talk about how Namesake is building support for legal name changes. Our recording is now live! Thanks @chihacknight.org for having us 💜

Per NYT: Airlines are now required to disregard gender-neutral 'X’ markers on passports when passengers check in and replace them with an 'M' for male, or an 'F' for female marker 🤨 "The new rule amounts to a data-collection change and does not affect passengers’ ability to fly."

This is tonight! Come hang out with @eva.town and me and chat about how we plan to make it easier for trans folks (and anyone) across the country to change their names.

On Tuesday, Namesake will be presenting at @chihacknight.org! Tune in at 7pm CT / 8pm ET to hear @eva.town and @mbbischoff.com talk about name changes in the U.S. and how we're building tools and communal support to make the process easier.

On Tuesday, Namesake will be presenting at @chihacknight.org! Tune in at 7pm CT / 8pm ET to hear @eva.town and @mbbischoff.com talk about name changes in the U.S. and how we're building tools and communal support to make the process easier.

Are you a trans journalist trying to change your byline? You should check out this guide I have been writing for the last few months for @theopennotebook.bsky.social, which is full of tips/tricks from me and many other trans journalists. www.theopennotebook.com/2025/07/22/h...

A reminder

No matter how many educational resources this regime wipes from .gov sites and libraries, trans people will not go back into hiding. We're fighting to make name and gender marker changes as accessible as possible.

IDs and passports don't even need to have gender markers on them. you could remove them entirely and nothing of consequence would be lost

This is something the Republican Party has been working on for some time. I first tracked it in Florida where a bill gained traction that would have taken away nonprofit status from lgbt nonprofits. Even wrote a story on it. We are very much at increased risk of these kinds of fascist crackdowns.

Today, a U.S. District Court ordered the U.S. Dept of State to process passport applications, with accurate sex markers, for 6 trans U.S. citizens. 👏 "This is a crucial victory for our clients and trans people nationwide." – Carl Charles, Lambda Legal Counsel