NAME Coalition Tells House to Support Name Change Equity in Credit Reporting
Today, the NAME Coalition sent a letter of support for H.R. 8478, the Credit Reporting Accuracy After a Legal Name Change Act. The Act was…
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Why Removing Medical Debt on Credit Reports Helps Trans & GNC People
Starting July 1st, the Big Three credit bureaus (Equifax, Experian, and Transunion) began to implement a policy to remove paid medical debts from consumers’ credit…
145 Organizations Call on Credit Bureaus to Fix Credit Reporting for Trans and Nonbinary Consumers
Today, 145 organizations sent a letter to the “Big Three” credit bureaus (Equifax, Experian, and Transunion) and to the Consumer Data Industry Association (CDIA), the…
Call for Stories: Name Changes & Financial Records
Earlier this year CLEAR reported how transgender and gender-nonconforming consumers who changed their legal name continued to struggle to update their names on their credit…
[FYI] Trans & Nonbinary Folks Can Start Changing Their Names on Credit Reports
Equifax announced today that trans and nonbinary consumers who have changed their legal name will now be able to request that the bureau change their…
Trans & Queer Credit Report Issues with Billie Simmons from Daylight
In this CLEAR Finance Chat, the Center for LGBTQ Economic Advancement & Research’s Executive Director, Spencer Watson, sat down to chat with Billie Simmons, Co-Founder…