In order to have names changed on college diplomas, graduates are required under the bill to submit a state ID, driver’s license, Social Security card, birth certificate, U.S. passport or document indicating a court-ordered name change.
California appears poised to make it easier for transgender and nonbinary graduates of public colleges and universities to change the name on their diploma.
Assemblyman David Chiu, a Democrat from San Francisco, introduced legislation last week that would require public colleges to update the names of former students to reflect their gender identity. He said the bill is intended to combat the “barriers” that trans and nonbinary people face “at school and in the workplace.”
“LGBT rights are all of our civil rights,” he told NBC News. “It's important for all policy makers, whether or not we are from the LGBT community, to do everything we can to protect the rights of LGBT Californians and the equal rights of all.”While schools are legally required to use the chosen names of currently enrolled students under California law, that policy does not extend to alumni who socially or medically transition after graduation.
Chiu put forward legislation in 2019 to address that problem for K-12 students, and after no opposition in either the Senate or the Assembly, the bill was signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat. It went into effect on Jan. 1. But after that legislation was passed, Chiu said he began to hear from college graduates who had faced the same issues with their diplomas.Let our news meet your inbox. The news and stories that matters, delivered weekday mornings.
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