Name issues, employment and beyond

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This goes to any trans who have had a legal name change. Once you have all your ducks in a row with your new name do you ever use it again? As an example in applications for jobs and related forms they ask for any aliases which I assume my birth name does apply. Torn between leaving behind my male past, and not wanting to commit fraud, what do others do facing this situation?


P.S. Yesterday was the last day I had to use my old name registered at my college. The same day I was asked to fill out a form that required that same name. When I found out I felt crushed... I can't explain it but I bawled my eyes out looking at this form for 30 min unable to bring myself to place my old name on it. I eventually did but I never understood why that hit me so hard. Today I had the college changed to my new legal name.