Episode 35: Banned From Changing Your Name

Illinois currently has one of the most restrictive laws name change laws in the country – a law that bans people from being able to change their names for at least ten years. On this episode we discussed the harms that this law imposes and efforts in Springfield to remove this unjust restriction. We were joined by advocates Eisha Love, a transgender activist, and Avi Rudnick a lawyer and the Director of Scattered Site Housing at Chicago House and a Board member of the Transformative Justice Law Project of Illinois Name Change Mobilization which helps transgender people change their names.

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Episode 35: Banned From Changing Your Name is an episode from Talking Liberties with the ACLU of Illinois by Talking Liberties with the ACLU of Illinois.

This episode is 00:31:14 long.

This episode was published on Oct 1, 2021.

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