On the flip side, it would be much easier to change identities if you didn't have to list previous names which would be heavily abused by criminals, etc.
Criminals, on occassion, fail to comply with the law.
It would? I wonder.
You are both right. If there was a transsexual exception to this field, I just KNOW that some criminals would abuse it, to the detriment of those of us who actually need this protection.
Maybe just don't let know criminals legally change names. Is that not already a thing?