This is so awesome I had to share. (And she said she named herself after Ellen Ripley!) I stay off of Twitter because my sanity’s already fragile enough, but if you stop by to congratulate her then please pass on my best wishes too.
https://mobile.twitter.com/CMDREllenPotter/status/1310037739958603776
(id: screenshot of a tweet from “Ellen Potter @CMDREllenPotter”, no timestamp. Text reads “@ jk_rowling So I was born named Harry Potter, before the books were published, it’s just a coincidence but it’s been challenging going through life with a famous name.
anyway i just got my legal name change approved” Text is followed by an emoji of the transgender flag. Below it is a photo of an approved name change application from Harry Potter to Ellen Potter. Other identifying information has been blacked out, but the form mentions the United Kingdom as the birthplace and the date as 9/22/20.
Original tweet is at: https://mobile.twitter.com/CMDREllenPotter/status/1310037739958603776 )
(Adding the id as a reblog on request - I didn’t think of that, sorry!)
