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There’s routine deadnaming [calling a trans person who has changed their name by their previous name] and misgendering.
The Anxiety of ‘Doing Womanhood Correctly’ in Academe Robin Roemer 2019
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That indicates a basic lack of empathy; “deadnaming” people like this — using the name they used before transitioning — undermines the process of inhabiting the gender identities they have affirmed, and is, in any case, disrespectful.
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