Comments (6) Here’s the piece I presented earlier tonight. I’m still figuring out the best way to edit video on the Mac, so I may play around and re-upload a different version sometime tomorrow as I try to tweak settings to get a better-quality video clip. (Basically, it’s a question of which settings to use where while converting/exporting video. There are a lot of options, so I’m trying to determine what’s a reasonable set to use.)
Enjoy!
(I tried for about five minutes, but couldn’t come up with a good pun using ‘name.’ Feel free to suggest better post titles in the comments…)
Yesterday I went back down to the Daley Center to finalize my name change, from what I was given at birth to what I’ve been using for the last seven months (at work), year and a half (with friends), or fifteen years (in my head). I suppose the timeline is all in how you look at it.
I’m going back down to the Daley Center tomorrow to finalize my name change and I’m nervous! I go before a judge and basically need to convince her that I’m not attempting to commit fraud or escape debt by changing my name. (Obviously I’m doing neither.)
Legally, there should be no reason to say no to the name change, but there’s still the slim possibility I’ll magically end up with a major bigot for a judge. As I’ve said before, I have little doubt my white, middle-class, lawyer’s-daughter privilege would eventually let me get things back on track, but I have no desire to play “Convince a judge trans people have valid needs” tomorrow.
The only nice thing (which I’m glad I just checked online) is the central Chicago DMV is down the block from the Daley Center, so I won’t have to go out of my way to get my corrected license.
Assuming everything goes smoothly with the judge at 9AM, it’s possible I’ll have not only my name change paperwork but an actual new license by noon!
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