Appellant A.B.C.-C. is a transgender man who sought to change his name to conform his identification documents with his gender identity. As part of his application, appellant submitted evidence showing transgender people are subject to a particularized threat to their safety based upon their identity and asked that the record of his name change be sealed to protect him from such discrimination and violence. The trial court denied appellant's request. Because appellant demonstrated good cause to seal the record, the court reversed the trial court's denial of appellant's motion, ordered that the record be sealed, and remanded for any necessary further proceedings.
