More than 16 months after asking for a name change, Steven Charles Harvey will be allowed to switch to Christie Ann Harvey.

Ruling in a transgender case, the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals on Tuesday ordered a judge to grant the name change.

“It's a vindication ... It's who I am,” Harvey, 62, said of the new name. “When you're transgendered, you are born with your mind one way and your body another. And it's something that you always know.”

The appeals court ruled Oklahoma County District Judge Bill Graves was wrong to deny the name change last year.