Thank you for the detailed reply. I can try, just as those of you who knew me before my name change had to get used to the new name. However, I will admit that I took quite awhile before doing my legal name change.
I do have a follow-up, if a person acquired the rights to a piece of work (e.g. music) written by a person who then changes name (Trans or otherwise), the rights are still transitioned but the paperwork/credit might get messy. I know that I have to occasionally produce the legal paperwork of my name change from the court to document the legal threads. So if Cher had written a song before becoming Cher (assuming that wasn't her birth name but I have no idea) and sold the rights to it to Motown. The Chessie Bays found the song in a catalog, pay ASCAP fees, and perform it with the credit to CherBirthName (which is the name it is in the catalog under). How much trouble should they be in? Who is responsible for updating author information after name changes (for whatever reason)?
Personally, the idea that shows up in various guises of people choosing a name as part of becoming an adult makes a LOT of sense and would make the whole DeadName issue much easier for people to adapt to, especially if the birth names are 'child' names rather than 'adult' names. Feather becomes Walter, Sundrop becomes Samantha, etc..
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I do have a follow-up, if a person acquired the rights to a piece of work (e.g. music) written by a person who then changes name (Trans or otherwise), the rights are still transitioned but the paperwork/credit might get messy. I know that I have to occasionally produce the legal paperwork of my name change from the court to document the legal threads. So if Cher had written a song before becoming Cher (assuming that wasn't her birth name but I have no idea) and sold the rights to it to Motown. The Chessie Bays found the song in a catalog, pay ASCAP fees, and perform it with the credit to CherBirthName (which is the name it is in the catalog under). How much trouble should they be in? Who is responsible for updating author information after name changes (for whatever reason)?
Personally, the idea that shows up in various guises of people choosing a name as part of becoming an adult makes a LOT of sense and would make the whole DeadName issue much easier for people to adapt to, especially if the birth names are 'child' names rather than 'adult' names. Feather becomes Walter, Sundrop becomes Samantha, etc..