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Dr Sian Gramates
@drglam.bsky.social
Biocurator, feminist, molecular neuroscientist, pagan, Drosophila geneticist, comics geek, cat adorer, coping with disability DrGlam nearly everywhere
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I discovered in my mid-30s that the name I was using my entire life isn't the name on my birth certificate (which is why it was so hard for me to get it from my birth state, until someone there asked for my mother's maiden name. Which turns out to be my birth surname). No paperwork for that change.

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I'd also changed the spelling of my middle name (Shawn to Sian), and shortened the first name I never used to L, at a time when common-law name changes were legal in MA. The name I've used for the last 34 years is on my passport and Real ID. The Republican proposal says 'not good enough'.

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Dr Sian Gramates
@drglam.bsky.social
Biocurator, feminist, molecular neuroscientist, pagan, Drosophila geneticist, comics geek, cat adorer, coping with disability DrGlam nearly everywhere
198 followers495 following206 posts