> the clerk looked at him with suspicion and questioned his card, which was still printed with the name he had used before transitioning

> A quarter of those surveyed say they have not changed their gender marker on their formal ID, discouraged by the expensive and time-consuming process

So you change your name on your card, while having a government ID with a different name. And that’s supposed to make things less suspicious?

I mean, and this is comical, but trans people change their identity, and credit cards from last century partly outsources their fraud prevention by having merchants verify said identity. Wouldn’t it be better to, you know, remove the part where merchants have to do that? How about I authenticate with the payment provider instead of some random store clerk? I don’t want the merchant to even see my name at all. Principle of least privilege.