> > I wish I could change my name so easily - "Irina" is not an official
> > name, I have to use my birth-name (which is a lot less pretty, and
> > doesn't fit me at all any more) in official documents.
>
> Well, If you're married it may be more difficult (one advantage to
being gay
> for me!), but look into it if you're serious. Brent and I were sure that
we
> couldn't afford it (we'd heard costs of $5000) but a friend recently went
through
> the process as part of her/his sex change (F2M), and told me that it was
ony abut
> $50 here in Colorado. It may be easier than you think.
I toyed with this idea briefly ten years ago, and the understanding I had
was that in NY and MA, as long as you weren't deliberately trying to defraud
people, you could just start using any old name you wished. I didn't pursue
this with any vigilance, though.
Koo