Changing Your Name
One of the most gender-affirming things most trans people do is changing their name.
There are two ways to do this, enrolled or unenrolled, both of which can be used to change your ID documents.
An enrolled deed poll is put on public record through the court system and costs around £50, whilst an unenrolled deed poll can be done at home and costs nothing.
There's lots of guidance out there already, so we haven't created any more! But we have provided links to resources we've found helpful ourselves.
Going a Step Further
A Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) is a legal document in the UK that allows a transgender person to change their legal sex, enabling us to update our birth certificate and marriage/civil partnership certificates, and have our affirmed gender recognised on pensions and death certificates. It requires an application process involving medical reports and proof of living in your affirmed gender for at least two years.
As with name changes, there's lots of guidance out there already on GRCs! But we have provided links to resources we've found helpful ourselves.
