Elon Musk’s Daughter Files to Ditch His Last Name

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The 18-year-old—whose full new name we are withholding for privacy reasons—wants to take on the maiden name of her mother, Justine Musk, who was Elon’s first wife

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The petition to have her gender officially recognized as female and her name formally changed on a new birth certificate was filed in California Superior Court in April, and there will be a hearing on it later this month.

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TMZ was the first to report the filing, which suddenly began circulating on Reddit and Twitter this weekend.

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The Daily Beast emailed Elon Musk about his daughter’s petition prior to the TMZ report and he responded, “She does not want to be a public figure.

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I think it is important to defend her right to privacy. Please don’t out someone against their will—it’s not right.”

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Subsequently, several other media outlets, including The Los Angeles Times, published the news.

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The Daily Beast could not reach Justine Musk or her daughter for comment. But the mom tweeted as the story began spreading.

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Cathy Renna, communications director of the National LGBTQ Task Force, told The Daily Beast that the group “would never approve or condone the outing of a young person because they have famous parents.”

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“One would hope this would be a wake-up call to Elon Musk, who has a history of making anti-trans and disrespectful comments particularly about pronoun usage.

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