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How legal name changes complicate professional identity

I transitioned during college and now I'm applying to jobs, wondering if I should put my deadname on applications for background checks.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Bureaucratic systems force disclosure of abandoned identities, making the past a perpetual professional liability.

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