Caitlyn Jenner is now able to legally transform her name and gender, a California judge has decided.(Photo: Kevin Winter, Getty Images for Nederlander)
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — A judge has authorized Caitlyn Jenner’s request to make her name and gender adjust official.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Gerald Rosenberg approved Jenner’s petition to legally change her name and gender in the course of a hearing Friday in Santa Monica, California.
The 65-year-old Olympic gold medalist, who was born William Bruce Jenner, did not attend the short hearing. The approval signifies she can now get government documents, such as a driver’s license and Social Safety card, under her new identity.
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Jenner has publicly transitioned to a woman in current months soon after revealing her intentions to journalist Diane Sawyer in a televised unique and debuting her new name and look on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine.
Some specifics that accompanied her petition were redacted soon after Jenner cited privacy concerns and threats she says she has received in the course of her transition.
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