A group of Pennsylvania-based transgender women have filed a lawsuit over a statute that forces them to use their birth names.
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund filed the suit earlier this week on behalf of Alonda Talley, Chauntey Mo’Nique Porter and Priscylla Renee Von Noake. All three women identify as transgender, though because they were convicted of felonies in the past, the state forces them to use their birth names on legal documents.
“Pennsylvanians with felony convictions who seek to change their names are immediately stopped in their tracks,” noted M. Patrick Yingling, an attorney for the three women. “The three petitioners and other Pennsylvanians who face this obstacle have a clear right to relief. There is an urgent need for them to avoid further injuries that cannot be compensated for by damages, and there is every likelihood that greater injuries will result from refusing to grant this relief.”
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All three women report experiencing discrimination because their state ID cards all carry their birth names. Porter even claims that the law has prevented her from receiving gender confirmation surgery on the grounds that she’s not “living as a woman.”
The TLDEF represents the three petitioners pro-bono. Their lawsuit asks that state courts nullify the statute preventing the three women from changing their names so that they may continue the process of gender transition.
emma bell
If we change the laws for women then we are going to have to change for men. The law is the same for EVERYONE it was introduced over 20 years ago in the 90’s it Is not a law that seeks out to hurt solely transgender women. It is the same for ALL men and women that are convicted of extremely serious crimes. If you are convicted of a violent felony you can NEVER Chang your name. If your felony is non violent you only have to wait for 2 years after your conviction to change name. So all the women mentioned in this story have been CONVICTED of a VIOLENT CRIME
THREE of the eight women are registered sex offenders
Keisha Allen legal name WAYNE ALLEN pled guilty in 1994 to a sexual offense requiring registration AS A SEX OFFENDER and carrying a
lifetime ban on filing a name change petition under the Illinois Name Change Statute.
Priscylla Renee Von Noaker. Legal name ROBERT LEE NOAKER JR served 10 years FOR RAPE
The plaintiff in the Wisconsin case was born KENNETH KREBS but has been going by Karen Krebs since she came out as transgender in 1999, the lawsuit states. She’s a REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER, 1993, Krebs was convicted of FIRST DEGREE SEXUAL ASSULT OF HIS ( at the time he identify as a man)
DAUGHTER
It is extremely easy to fact check the ladies convictions. Even the ladies lawyers are not denying the convictions.