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submitted 5 months ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

I am so tired of the whole "cool pope" thing with Francis. It's 100% PR.

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[-] radicalautonomy@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

And that is fine for you, and for anyone who refers to it as their chosen name, whether they are trans or cis.

But when someone else mentions that Name is a trans person's "chosen name", what a bigot's brain says is "well, I choose to call [them] Deadname which their mom gave [them]."

[with incorrect pronouns here]

this post was submitted on 08 Apr 2024
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