Name Change Simulator
A downloadable game for Windows
Tired of seeing your deadname? Sick of seeing it in the mail, on your license, or well, literally anywhere else? Been meaning to seal the deal and legally change it but feeling paralyzed by the layers of courts and documents and busywork you have to do?
Hi, my name is Lauren Ipsum, Attorney at Law! I'm here to guide you - yes, you! - through changing your name!
In this short visual novel experience, we will go through everything needed for filling out your name change forms for your appropriate court. The process for changing your name can often take many twists and turns. So, it is my job to guide you through step-by-step.
What will happen is: I will ask you some questions, and you answer honestly as you can. I'll enter your answers down, and we'll come out the other end with a pre-filled PDF of your state's forms with all your information needed on it.
So, what are you waiting for? Time to stop waffling and start living life on your own terms. Let's get to work!
Currently, we support the following states:
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Kentucky
- Oregon
- Tennessee
...And we plan to add more states if there's further interest with future updates. Our goal one day is to cover all U.S. states and territories!
- Project Lead / Programmer: Riza Resnick (She/Her)
- Art Director / UI Artist: Ezra Kirsch (She/Her)
- Character Artist: Charlotte Denton (She/Her)
- Audio Designer / Composer: Ace Luke (She/Her)
- Producer / QA: Kelby-Aina Martin (They/Them)
- Systems Engineer: Xan Nava (They/Them)
- Voice of Lauren Ipsum: LavenderVA (She/Her)
- Legal Consultant: Jon Loiterman (He/Him)
- Special Thanks: Maeve (She/They)
We do not and will never store any of your personal information. Any and all information is discarded as soon as the PDF forms are generated. This project was developed by a small crew of queer developers in their spare time who want to help others in our community.
We are not, and do not proclaim to be, legal professionals.
If you like our work, please visit the Trevor Project and make a donation!
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This is such a great thing, I hope you guys get to PA soon!!!
If this is what folks need to get their documentation finished, then let it multiple for all states, and even more countries. Cute little idea, thank you for the time spent making it.
Hi there! We plan to release all states and territories. The only issue is that these things can take a bit of time but we are working hard to support them as we speak!
If you can get this up to 50 states it may be one of the most important trans resources on the web.
*if you live in the US
Maybe don't try to score points off people without doing the research.
India has four million hijra, but they don't have a set form for name changes. The US and Brazil both have transgender populations triple the size of the next highest and have specific forms and procedures that this document could assist with. In Brazil you really ought to have a lawyer, though, so this resource is of little help there.
Centering resources for name-change on the US makes sense if you want to help the most people. Since this one country has 50+ sets of laws that's more than enough of a project without demanding every country receive equal up-front coverage.
Not even going to get into how the form-and-fee-alone name change is shockingly rare. Most countries privilege the parents' name choice, with no allowance made for transgender people even when the law claims otherwise (I know that in Germany the law gives specific allowances for trans people on paper, but that's not how it works in practice.)
I was trying to provide affirmation a project already centered on the United States. You respond to this with a snide remark. Do you not see a problem here?
I know people think it's fun to push Americans' noses in, but please keep in mind that we are barely surviving in this country. Most of us have little to no say in how our government is run due to intentional bias towards low-population states dating back to the drafting of the Constitution. We are facing the criminalization of our identity within the next three years (it's a stated goal of the administration). In 2014 you were maybe taking a poke at a bully. In 2025 you are kicking vulnerable people when they're down.
I'm not talking to you any more.
That's the idea! We wanted to release for June in order to get something in during Pride, but please check back in as we will be updating as time goes on.