Today’s #Tumblr is brought to you by reading comprehension. Or the lack thereof.

@Nimthiriel
I am baffled. What was that? 🤔

@Krysdammit This person explained their feelings about their deadname and used the analogy of referring to Yugoslavia, in the sense that it’s not accurate not refer to that region as that now, but can be useful when discussing historical events. They then had to add a clarification to their post due to the unseen responses from people who misinterpreted and thought this person’s parents had named them Yugoslavia.

@Nimthiriel

What the heck is “deadname?”

@Krysdammit

@see_the_sus @Krysdammit A deadname is the name by which a trans Persian was known before they transitioned. To “deadname” someone is to refer to them by that name.

@Nimthiriel @Krysdammit

aaaaah. so in other words, "my old/previous name." Interesting use of "dead." Definitely is final.

So it's only used by trans Persians?

@see_the_sus @Nimthiriel @Krysdammit I think that was a bad autocorrect.

Trans people use it to refer to our previous names for a variety of reasons (I posted earlier on this thread about my journey on it, going from "given name" to "deadname").

It's often a painful reminder of the Persona we'd created to protect ourselves prior to coming out, and the term makes it clear the name shouldn't be used as it refers to an entity that no longer exists.

@lenaoflune
TY 4 telling me this. That was such a poorly worded post that I fixated on another part of it. The county's name which no longer exists. Thought that they were complaining about their name which might be in their native language from that country.
We see what irritates us and use that for context. I too have trouble with my name because it is foreign here.🤷‍♀️
My eldest is trans, never occurred to me that that was what this person was referencing
@see_the_sus @Nimthiriel

@Krysdammit @lenaoflune @see_the_sus I have a foreign name too. Ultimately started going by a different one because I got fed up with it being mispronounced by anyone reading it.

@Nimthiriel
Mine is common enough in the English world, pronounced the English way, which I detest.
Pronouncing it my way isn't hard, but ppl need to remember. Too much trouble for them to do such a simple thing.

@lenaoflune @see_the_sus

@Krysdammit @Nimthiriel

I’m so sorry that people cause such grief for you with your names. I love learning to pronounce names I’m unfamiliar with and consider it a fun educational challenge.

@lenaoflune