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Robin Elise's avatar

This, all this, so much this. My SS & DMV name/gender updates were in computer glitch hell on the 20th, & my gut was knotted in anxiety all day long. The morning of the 21st, though, I went to my SSA office, told them I needed it fixed, & got a walk-in appt. It took two agents half an hour to resolve the issue, but we did it, & as of last night I am officially me — the real me — on my SS account. Which means tomorrow I can go back to the DMV for the 3d time to finish updating my license. 🙌🏼

Next up, birth certificate & passport. BC I’m not worried about, & I’ll be fine with whatever passport gender I wind up with precisely because my name will be correct regardless. Ari is exactly right.

Do not panic; do not let the bastards get you down! ✊🏼 ✊🏼 ✊🏼

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R. Guadalupe Hidalgo's avatar

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and courage, Ari. I am an ally, and I am a brown, cis man. I know they don’t like me either, and I also know that I’m not going anywhere, especially back. I wear my Pride beads on my right wrist so to be easily identified by anyone who will look. I stand with you because I am an ally.

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