Abby Louise Jensen was living in the Arizona mountains and working at home as a contract attorney for a public defender’s office when she made her transition, 10 years ago, at age 53.

“When the time finally came—and I needed not to be switching back and forth, depending on whether I was at home or at the courthouse—I had to work out a plan to announce what was happening,” said Jensen, a Pima County, Arizona, public defender. “I was able to work with the presiding judge, county attorney, and public defender to simultaneously send out an announcement on a Friday afternoon. As of Monday, I was ‘Abby.’”

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