Everybody is fine with celebrities like Whoopi Goldberg making up fake names for themselves, but when someone chooses a name for themselves to suit their gender identity it's suddenly a problem

FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 2 days ago

Everybody is fine with celebrities like Whoopi Goldberg making up fake names for themselves, but when someone chooses a name for themselves to suit their gender identity it's suddenly a problem

yermaw@sh.itjust.works · 2 days ago

Not a gender-identity thing, but I met my best friend when I was 12. We didnt have any classes together so I never heard his name called out in the register.

Wasn’t until we were having a drink at 18 that I realised I didnt actually know his real name.