Changing name (was Re: The difficulties of raising your kids to be properly homophobic)

In article <6epae6F83d35U5@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Serene Vannoy  <serene@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>In the state where I live (California), one can change one's name 
>legally just by using the new name (without intent to defraud, of 
>course). That's what I did, and little by little, I'm getting my 
>official paperwork changed over, but I don't care much about that, so it 
>may never be completely changed.

The hardest part of doing a non-court-ordered name change (without
marriage) is that the US State Department will force you to revalidate
the name change every time you get a new pass****t.  They will not use
your previous pass****t with the new name as proof.
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