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Wisconsin’s Name-Change Law Raises Safety Risks for Transgender People

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By Phoebe Petrovic Verified
| Gay Sonoma Verified
Features/ Top Stories/ Transgender / Transsexual In 2022, after living as a boy and going by a new name for several years, a 15-year-old from Madison, Wisconsin, wanted to make it official. Like most teenagers, he dreamed of getting his driver’s license, and his family wanted his government identification to reflect who he really was.
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Wisconsin’s name-change law has transgender people worried

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By Phoebe Petrovic Verified
| The Cap Times Verified
In 2022, after living as a boy and going by a new name for several years, a 15-year-old from Madison, Wisconsin, wanted to make it official. Like most teenagers, he dreamed of getting his driver’s license, and his family wanted his government identification to reflect who he really was. But Wisconsin law has a caveat: He would have to publish his old, feminine name and new name in the local newspaper for three weeks — essentially announcing to the world that he is transgender.
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"Madison’s best kept secret": People living with mental illness find work, care and community at a clubhouse built for them

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By Phoebe Petrovic Verified
| Tone Madison Verified
This story was produced by Wisconsin Watch in partnership with ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network. Update, April 18, 2025: After this story was published, the family of a transgender boy who changed his legal name at 15 years old learned a judge approved their request to retroactively seal his name-change documents. Wisconsin state Sen.
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