And we violated their ToS but it would be no great loss if they killed our account. It's gotten stupid anyhow.
But I want to thank you for this post. I'm not (legal identity) I don't go by (legal identity) We're a plural system for people who might see this comment and didn't know, and I'd much prefer my own name as opposed to (legal name) as (legal name) is kind of feminine and I am male... And our use of various names is because they are our names. There is no anonymity involved.
Which brings up another point. I can imagine that being called (legal name) to trans people who haven't/can't afford to get their name changed to what they want to be called would be really offensive and invalidating and just terrible.
And your sentiment about danger is not overdramatic. It happens all the time. I mean, a practical example would be a person in an abusive situation whose partner is looking for them. Using their legal identity could seriously put their life or livelihood in jeopardy.
Preaching to the choir, sorry. But I love the post. -Axel
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And we violated their ToS but it would be no great loss if they killed our account. It's gotten stupid anyhow.
But I want to thank you for this post. I'm not (legal identity) I don't go by (legal identity) We're a plural system for people who might see this comment and didn't know, and I'd much prefer my own name as opposed to (legal name) as (legal name) is kind of feminine and I am male... And our use of various names is because they are our names. There is no anonymity involved.
Which brings up another point. I can imagine that being called (legal name) to trans people who haven't/can't afford to get their name changed to what they want to be called would be really offensive and invalidating and just terrible.
And your sentiment about danger is not overdramatic. It happens all the time. I mean, a practical example would be a person in an abusive situation whose partner is looking for them. Using their legal identity could seriously put their life or livelihood in jeopardy.
Preaching to the choir, sorry.
But I love the post.
-Axel