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choosing your own name should be the norm
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this post was submitted on 15 Jan 2024
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The only people who call me my birth-assigned name are my parents, governments, debt collectors, etc lol
It's not even gender-related or anything. I just don't identify with that name at all
Doesn't even have to be a one-time thing even. People change a lot throughout their lives. If someone wants to change their name sometimes to reflect that, that should be okay
nice, I'm trying to get on that, if I ever start meeting people again. I don't like introducing myself with my given name so I'd like to start using my chosen name with new people even if I'm not comfortable telling my family. also making art under the new name might help the transition and I'm using it online in a couple places (not here tho)
my situation is somewhat gender related - or rather it's related to the fact that I don't have a gender