This Saturday 250 Connecticut justices of the peace attended a statewide conference to discuss Connecticut’s new civil-union law, that takes effect Oct. 1.

“Will couple members change their names?” Stamford justice Lena Pierni asked in a discussion. Just as with heterosexual couples, Elise Klein, a New Canaan justice, said, some will and some will not.

Looks like they may need to hold another conference; one dedicated to trans issues.

…During the question-and-answer session, a justice asked how to address transgendered individuals or people who identify with one gender while their birth certificates proclaim they are another.

“Ai-ai-ai! What a can of worms,” a conference attendee in the audience muttered as whispers spread through the room. Though issues such as sexual identity are familiar territory to some, others said they were unfamiliar with words such as “transgendered…”