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#67: Be flexible about names

October 28, 2019 by Emma Olmstead-Rumsey in Cost free

What are you going to do if a trans person would like to use their preferred name on their library card even if that doesn’t match their state-issued ID? Changing an official identification document is a big hurdle—would your library be able to implement a rule that you will use whatever the patron requests as the first name on their account?

October 28, 2019 /Emma Olmstead-Rumsey
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