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Rosa Lorraine Wilcox and Barbara Ann Richards in Los Angeles, California (1941). (Photo: LA Times)

Barbara Ann Wilcox becomes the first recorded trans person to legally change her name.

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Rosa Lorraine Wilcox and Barbara Ann Richards in Los Angeles, California (1941). (Photo: LA Times)

The case is presented at the Los Angeles County Superior Court, and is, to our knowledge, the earliest record of a successful petition for a shift in legal name recognition.