• Warl0k3@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    It’s completely fine to deadname people in the case that you’re telling someone that a trans person goes by a new name. Otherwise you’re playing “Guess who’s trans!” for a painfully awkward five minutes while they list anecdotes about people that you weren’t actually present to witness.

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      2 years ago

      Otherwise you’re playing “Guess who’s trans!”

      I’m just imagining the classic Hasbro game Guess Who except it’s the most fucked up version there is.

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      2 years ago

      “It’s completely fine” by who? Most trans people do not want to be referred to by their deadname - especially in the way this title phrases it. Most people wouldn’t know the deadname anyway, everyone just knew her from the “Leave Britney alone” video. To clarify, the title could easily have mentioned she’s trans but to just throw out the deadname especially phrased in such a way is just ignorant and harmful, regardless of intent.