Trans woman gets Texas HHSC to change policy
Stephanie Todd Once someone has changed a name, the rest should be a simple matter of business DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writertaffet@dallasvoice.com Once Stephanie Todd changed her name following her transition, she thought the rest would be easy.
And some of it was. With just her court order, Todd obtained a new driver’s license, although she did get preached at by people in the DPS office; “God loves you just as you are,” they told her.
She received her corrected birth certificate by mail. So, no preaching there. And once she had those two documents in hand, along with the court order, she was able to apply for a corrected social security card.
But little did she know she’d need more copies of her court order. From October through mid-December, Todd was working a seasonal job taking children’s photos in a department store.
