Thanks for the info Ben, good to see you back on RUclips. What I will add to that is....if you choose an androgynous name e.g. Sam, Max, Jo, this can be questioned at the gender identity clinic as to your commitment to living as your preferred gender. I would also add that the date of the name change is extremely important in showing the GIC the timeline of when you decided to live as a man so for anyone who hasn’t changed it yet - get it done as soon as possible!
My name is derived from my star sign (Leo). My wife and I both felt that Leo is not the kind of name a boy would have been named in the U.K. in 1981 when I was born and Lee was a lot more popular. I felt that Lee spelled like this was unquestionably Male (not androgynous). That being said, months ago when I looked more female, I have had one customer ask if it was short for Leanne and another tell me it was his wife’s name and she also spelt it ‘Lee’. Needless to say, I explained I was a bloke not a lady.
Yeah on some occasions it can't be helped, but I think its more the fact that you change the name that shows the gender clinic your serious (like I feel kinda bad for anyone who was say assigned Joanne then just changed it to Joe for a easy life and probs a name they have been using a long time to then be told its too neutral or not masculine enough. Lee's a solid name thou, I think most short male names have probs been used by girls to shorten their long names these day and age lol so hard to avoid really.
Thanks for the info Ben, good to see you back on RUclips. What I will add to that is....if you choose an androgynous name e.g. Sam, Max, Jo, this can be questioned at the gender identity clinic as to your commitment to living as your preferred gender. I would also add that the date of the name change is extremely important in showing the GIC the timeline of when you decided to live as a man so for anyone who hasn’t changed it yet - get it done as soon as possible!
That is a good point actually about the gender neutral names, cheers m8
My name is derived from my star sign (Leo). My wife and I both felt that Leo is not the kind of name a boy would have been named in the U.K. in 1981 when I was born and Lee was a lot more popular. I felt that Lee spelled like this was unquestionably Male (not androgynous). That being said, months ago when I looked more female, I have had one customer ask if it was short for Leanne and another tell me it was his wife’s name and she also spelt it ‘Lee’. Needless to say, I explained I was a bloke not a lady.
Yeah on some occasions it can't be helped, but I think its more the fact that you change the name that shows the gender clinic your serious (like I feel kinda bad for anyone who was say assigned Joanne then just changed it to Joe for a easy life and probs a name they have been using a long time to then be told its too neutral or not masculine enough. Lee's a solid name thou, I think most short male names have probs been used by girls to shorten their long names these day and age lol so hard to avoid really.