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People have been changing their names for a long time. Why is this specifically a trans issue and not a reform on credit companies, barring the obvious - she can’t reform them at her station. Still, I’d imagine this affects anyone who’s changed their name.

This from an anti-vaccine election denier. You're worried about the children?

The Advocate is a reliable source of info here. Don't like it? Don't click on it.

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I was wondering about people who change their name when getting married or divorced. Seems like that would be a much larger demographic subject to the same issue.

But if you call it that, you can't take advantage of the 14th Amendment to force the issue.

you realize that federal congress members don't do anything at the state level, right?

I am not sure what the original comment said but if people want it from Ayanna directly: https://pressley.house.gov/2023/03/31/pressley-unveils-bill-to-make-credit-reporting-system-more-inclusive-for-trans-nonbinary-folks/

>you realize that federal congress members don't do anything

That part is correct.

She’s grandstanding, virtue signaling for social justice points aka pandering to the less than 1% of people in this country while inflation is skyrocketing and everyday citizens are struggling to make ends meet. But this is her priority. You get what you vote for

She can't directly affect any of those things, so that's irrelevant. My question is why she's focusing on this as a trans issue, or why outlets are, when this has been happening for as long as married women have been changing their name, and other people have decided for different names for other reasons, for a long, long time. I'd say thousands of years, but it depends where, and credit bureaus have only been around so long.

She’s a US congresswoman. She has a direct effect and a sat on all of those things.

But she can't introduce bills in the same way.

It's one thing to be critical of this piece. It's another to then be outraged at the wrong things.

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It's actually annoying that this is being peddled as a trans related thing. It's obviously being used to gain support from the left (and likely from the cis straight allies, not the actual queer people) but will be equally likely in losing support as a result.

This is an issue that impacts everyone, but predominantly women who get married and/or divorced. If I want to change my name, obviously I'd like it to be a smooth and easy process. But among the things I hear discussed among trans people... This is very much not a concern.

A woman changed her last name after marrying a man... Hmmm. Never heard about this happening.

The credit score system is full of shit, btw.

But bringing $0 home to her district

We could have had a guy who knew the unlimited infrastructure dollars cheat code, instead we have this.

That's quite the shoehorning job.

>But she can't introduce bills in the same way.

Why not? Honestly, could she not introduce bills on those issues too?

I’m trans and this is perfectly relevant to me and my community. It doesn’t kill us but it makes it hard for us to navigate things like health care where if names don’t line up, you may be charged extra for care, which then can lead to trans people not getting care