The process of obtaining a name and gender-marker change on government identification documents is often expensive, complicated, and inaccessible. Legal and financial hurdles make changing one’s identification documents seem daunting and impossibly complex. This sometimes deters transgender people from starting the process. Unexpected hurdles can also cause transgender individuals to stop the process halfway through, leading to mismatched or incomplete documents. This process is made even more complicated by the fact that state agencies often have differing standards and require different paperwork to reflect court-ordered name and gender marker changes on their forms of identification. Further, hiring
