BoastfulDaedra@lemmynsfw.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoCan't we just start calling it "Formerly Twitter" instead?message-squaremessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareCan't we just start calling it "Formerly Twitter" instead?BoastfulDaedra@lemmynsfw.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square35fedilinkfile-text
minus-square𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoAs a trans person, I like to remind everyone you are not just allowed but encouraged to deadname Twitter
minus-squaremorphballganon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoCalling it deadnaming implies Twitter chose the name X. Twitter did not make that decision, thus calling Twitter Twitter is in no danger of offending Twitter.
minus-squareBoastfulDaedra@lemmynsfw.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months ago…what the heck is “deadnaming”?
minus-square𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-210 months agoUsing a trans persons’s birth name rather than their preferred name. If done purposefully, it’s extremely insulting.
As a trans person, I like to remind everyone you are not just allowed but encouraged to deadname Twitter
Calling it deadnaming implies Twitter chose the name X. Twitter did not make that decision, thus calling Twitter Twitter is in no danger of offending Twitter.
…what the heck is “deadnaming”?
Using a trans persons’s birth name rather than their preferred name. If done purposefully, it’s extremely insulting.