Wow—this one blows the mind yet simultaneously is an incredible example of how the cruelty is the point. No sane person could argue for this unless animus is the sole reasoning.
What the actual fuck, this is just blatant discrimination. How can anyone think it's okay that trans 18 year olds can't change their name but cis ones can???
A blatantly discriminatory ruling. Like I have no law education to speak of and even I can already pick out a half dozen things wrong with this decision. Sucks that there are so few options left for appeal, too.
18 years isn't old enough to decide you want to use a different name? In what rectally-lensed version of reality has 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 ever been true? Kids change their nicknames all the time!
Besides which... 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥. An important word, to be sure... but it isn't as if the bloody thing has to be surgically removed, now is it? And it also isn't as though the change can't be reversed, by filing the exact same paperwork, should the incredibly unlikely occur and the person in question decides they want to go back to their old name, now is it? If there's any clearer evidence that none of the arguments against us are being made in good faith, I'd sure love to see it.
I'm also willing to bet that the same court 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 rule that a 18-year-old cis guy needs three more years of maturity before he can file his paperwork to sign up for the Selective Service System. Any takers?
I know what you mean. But at the same time..... there is really nothing inherently humiliating about being trans, in itself. Right? And while being publicly singled out and harassed for being trans can have an effect like humiliation, the manifest cruelty of those who would intentionally create and put us in that uncomfortable situation is the true humiliation.
They humiliate themselves when they make a point of misgendering us, or when they administratively compel us to out ourselves. For sure, we do not want to be misgendered, or outed as trans. But why should being trans be any more humiliating than being cis? What's behind the idea of this humiliation?
Isn't it really their humiliation, and their own gender and sexuality issues, their own attractions and fascinations and fetishes, that are being transferred and attributed to us?
We must never underestimate who and what we are up against, and what we represent to them.
Mississippi has a standard to uphold that is unparalleled in the union. Heck 65% of its economy is based upon child bride tourism. It’s just too much to give up. I may not like it but I understand it. They have some cool chapels too in Mississippi. They just started offering theme weddings like Bluey, Peppa the Pig and Ninja Turtles. Hell Chuck E Cheese is getting in on the action, they offer 50 tokens and a ride in the ticket blaster for all newlyweds.
Very gross that the age for girls to get married is lower than boys too..
Wow—this one blows the mind yet simultaneously is an incredible example of how the cruelty is the point. No sane person could argue for this unless animus is the sole reasoning.
So f'ing gross. I live here.
What the actual fuck, this is just blatant discrimination. How can anyone think it's okay that trans 18 year olds can't change their name but cis ones can???
Blatant discrimination.
Even with parents who named him originally on board? Is it a one and done ?
I also don't see the importance the government knows you by your SSN my doctor by my phone number why can't you just change it yourself?
It's all about being anti trans
By the time he is 21 years old, it’s likely they will have found another mechanism to thwart his transition.
Animus.
Outrageous! So living in Mississippi is like living in Taliban Afghanistan? The world persists in regressing.
Disgusting. Child marriage is A-OK but Satan forbid an adult trans person change their name 🙄
Does that mean that 15 year old girls who get married can’t change their names? Oh, the hypocrisy!!
A blatantly discriminatory ruling. Like I have no law education to speak of and even I can already pick out a half dozen things wrong with this decision. Sucks that there are so few options left for appeal, too.
18 years isn't old enough to decide you want to use a different name? In what rectally-lensed version of reality has 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 ever been true? Kids change their nicknames all the time!
Besides which... 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥. An important word, to be sure... but it isn't as if the bloody thing has to be surgically removed, now is it? And it also isn't as though the change can't be reversed, by filing the exact same paperwork, should the incredibly unlikely occur and the person in question decides they want to go back to their old name, now is it? If there's any clearer evidence that none of the arguments against us are being made in good faith, I'd sure love to see it.
I'm also willing to bet that the same court 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 rule that a 18-year-old cis guy needs three more years of maturity before he can file his paperwork to sign up for the Selective Service System. Any takers?
Ah yes, surely forcing trans people to humiliate ourselves will somehow bring the price of eggs down.
I know what you mean. But at the same time..... there is really nothing inherently humiliating about being trans, in itself. Right? And while being publicly singled out and harassed for being trans can have an effect like humiliation, the manifest cruelty of those who would intentionally create and put us in that uncomfortable situation is the true humiliation.
They humiliate themselves when they make a point of misgendering us, or when they administratively compel us to out ourselves. For sure, we do not want to be misgendered, or outed as trans. But why should being trans be any more humiliating than being cis? What's behind the idea of this humiliation?
Isn't it really their humiliation, and their own gender and sexuality issues, their own attractions and fascinations and fetishes, that are being transferred and attributed to us?
We must never underestimate who and what we are up against, and what we represent to them.
Forcing us to use men's facilities and be legally given men's names is humiliating for the same reason it would be humiliating for any woman.
Mississippi has a standard to uphold that is unparalleled in the union. Heck 65% of its economy is based upon child bride tourism. It’s just too much to give up. I may not like it but I understand it. They have some cool chapels too in Mississippi. They just started offering theme weddings like Bluey, Peppa the Pig and Ninja Turtles. Hell Chuck E Cheese is getting in on the action, they offer 50 tokens and a ride in the ticket blaster for all newlyweds.
Sadly, the South has a long history of judges who graduate law school and are also white supremacists, transphobes, and misogynists.
ridiculous. government are to help the people, not put ridiculous rules against them
some encouraging news out of Congress though: https://www.npr.org/2025/04/22/nx-s1-5371729/hegseth-transgender-soldiers-ban-tammy-duckworth
Thank you for posting this. Right on, Tammy Duckworth!