30 December 2023 - The Labels We Choose for Ourselves

In this episode of the show, I speak with my very good friend Shannara Quissell, an amazing attorney and Executive Director of the Colorado Name Change Project.  Shannara and I discuss the important things in life: our right to define ourselves, our obligation to trust each other, and the beauty of the brocket for storing documents.REFERENCES:Connect with Shannara on LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannara-quissell-25072387/The first of name change blogs:  https://www.zalesskylaw.com/blog/name-changesColorado LGBTQ Bar Association:  https://www.clba.netColorado Name Change Project:  https://www.namechangeproject.org/Dana Zzyym: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_ZzyymGender Identity Today:  https://genderidentitytoday.com/(00:00) - Show opening (00:36) - Introducing Shannara Quissell (03:43) - A desire to make a difference (07:18) - Law as penalty, not support (09:17) - Finding Colorado Name Change Project (12:42) - Names as identity, not gender (17:46) - Name change is even hard for attorneys (21:49) - For the love of stamping (23:49) - States get to make names change as hard as they choose (27:23) - Names are only about money (31:29) - Names used to be only social constructs (34:00) - Gender marker is less than social construct in Colorado (37:56) - Jude's Law (42:16) - Change your entire view of identity (49:12) - Gender change for intersex people (54:41) - Trust could go a little further (56:43) - The Episode's Misty-Eyed Moment (01:01:57) - Show closing ★ Support this podcast ★