One of the issues facing any engaged couple concerns one’s name.  It’s even trickier for gay couples – where a name change automatically outs you to everyone. And what about all those annoying questions like ‘which one of you is the man, and which one is the woman?’

So it’s interesting and refreshing to see Amanda Rogers, later Portia de Rossi decide to become Portia Degeneres. Amanda was running away from her emerging sexual orientation in suburban Australia when she first changed her name.  Now she is running to it with this latest petition for a new name.