Baker, J.
A.L. and L.S. are transgender men, who each filed a petition to change their legal gender marker. Additionally, L.S. filed petitions to change his name, to waive the publication requirement, and to seal the record pursuant to Administrative Rule 9. The trial court found that publication is required for changes of gender marker and name, and denied L.S.’s request to seal the record pursuant to Administrative Rule 9. The matters have been consolidated for this appeal; L.S.’s appeal is interlocutory.
We find as follows: (1) there is no statutory requirement to publish notice of intent to change one’s gender marker; (2) there is a statutory requirement to publish notice of intent to change one’s name, but that statute is explicitly subject to Administrative Rule 9; and (3) in this case, L.S. made the requisite showing under Administrative Rule 9, is entitled to have the record sealed, and is entitled to waive publication of notice of intent to change his name.
Consequently, our judgment is as follows: (1) the judgment of the trial court is reversed with respect to the respective petitions to change gender markers, and we remand both causes with instructions to enter orders granting those petitions and directing the Indiana State Department of Health to amend both birth certificates to reflect their male gender; (2) the judgment of the trial court is reversed with respect to its denial of L.S.’s requests to waive publication and to seal the record pursuant to Administrative Rule 9; and (3) the matter is remanded for consideration of L.S.’s petition to change his name.
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The relevant statutes have not been substantively amended since Birth Certificate was decided. There is no statute or rule requiring that an individual seeking a gender marker change publish notice of that intent. In this case, the trial court likened gender marker changes to name changes, but the statutory requirement for publication in name change cases does not apply to gender marker changes. It was erroneous to create a requirement where none exists.
Unless and until the General Assembly crafts specific requirements regarding gender marker changes, this Court’s common-sense standard in Birth Certificate is the bar that must be met. Thus, a gender marker change petitioner needs to establish that the petition is made in good faith and not for a fraudulent or unlawful purpose. If a trial court determines that the petitioner has met that standard, no further requirements need to be met and the petition should be granted. Here, the trial court found that both A.L. and L.S. sought a gender marker change in good faith and with no intent to defraud. Appellants’ App. Vol. II p. 13, 16. As such, the trial court should have granted their petitions for gender marker change. We reverse on this issue and remand with instructions to grant both petitions and issue orders directing the ISDH to amend both birth certificates to reflect their male gender.
B. Name Change
L.S. argues that the trial court erroneously ordered that he publish notice of his intent to change his name. As a general rule, upon filing a petition for a name change, a petitioner must, in relevant part, give notice of the petition by three weekly publications in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county where the petition was filed. Ind. Code § 34-28-2-3(a). Except for Administrative Rule 9, to which we turn next, there is no exception to this general publication requirement. Consequently, unless Administrative Rule 9 applies, a transgender individual seeking a name change must publish the petition just as any other individual seeking a name change.
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Initially, we return to the language of Administrative Rule 9(G)(4), which requires that L.S. establish that publication of notice of his petition would create “a significant risk of substantial harm” to him. Publication must occur multiple times in a newspaper of general circulation; among other things, it would reveal L.S.’s birth name and new desired name. I.C. § 34-28-2-3(b). Thus, to publish this notice would be to “out” L.S. as a transgender man to the general public.
L.S. provided evidence that, as an out member of the transgender community, he would face a significantly higher risk of violence, harassment, and homicide. He has personally witnessed a transgender friend being violently assaulted because of her gender identity. He has personally experienced discrimination in the workplace after a discrepancy between the way he looked and the way he was identified by Social Security outed him as a transgender individual. Publication of his birth name and new name would enable members of the general public to seek him out, placing him at a significant risk of harm. And in today’s day and age, information that is published in a newspaper is likely to be published on the Internet, where it will remain in perpetuity, leaving L.S. at risk for the rest of his life. There was no evidence in opposition to L.S.’s evidence.
Under these circumstances, we find that L.S. established that publication of notice of his petition for a name change would create a significant risk of substantial harm to him. As a result, the trial court should have granted his requests to seal the record and waive publication pursuant to Administrative Rule 9. We remand with instructions to ensure that the record of this case remains sealed, and for consideration of L.S.’s petition for a name change.
The judgment of the trial court is reversed in part and remanded with instructions and for consideration of L.S.’s petition for a name change.
Bailey, J., and Altice, J., concur.