Having my cousin’s five year old son refer to me effortlessly by my new name feels immensely, incredibly validating.
Tag: naming
nomina
My parents have changed my name on their mailbox to just use my current initials. They did this on their own initiative. This makes me feel loved and seen and safe.
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Fun fact. I just was basically unable to edit a text shared to my deadnamed google doc account, because seeing my edits under that name (and knowing others would see me as that person having signed off on them) felt dysphoric. Then my access request under my chosen name went through and I can continue editing. Interesting.