• Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    I’ve known trans people with unisex names who still changed their names because they associated their dead name with their past. I don’t know how common that is, but I can understand wanting a fresh, new name to go along with one’s fresh, new life.

    • aliceitc@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      3 days ago

      I can understand wanting a fresh, new name to go along with one’s fresh, new life.

      That’s why I chose Alice: a name that has nothing to do with my old name, with my family or stuff like that! I couldn’t just pick the feminine version of my old name!