Ruling: Gender transition not a reason to deny name change

PHOENIX (AP) —An Arizona appeals court says state law doesn't permit judges to deny name-change requests made only because the requesting person wants the new name to reflect a gender transition.The Court of Appeals made that ruling Tuesday in a decision that overturned a Yuma County Superior Court judge’s denial of a name-change petition.The judge had ruled with elaborating that the requesting person hadn’t shown so-called good cause for the name-change request, and