Wisconsin’s name-change law raises safety risks for transgender people

Columbus superintendent critical of transgender naming policy change, records reveal

CCS Superintendent Angela Chapman called a letter to families about transgender student name changes "cold," according to public records.

Wisconsin’s name-change law raises safety risks for transgender people

Reading Time: 10 minutesClick here to read highlights from the storyWisconsin law generally requires trans people, including children, to publish their legal name changes in a newspaper. Some worry the requirement poses a higher risk with the Trump administration’s anti-trans policies. Lawyers working with trans people say Wisconsin’s publication requirements further endanger the trans community by creating a de facto dataset of people that some…