never use someones dead name – azaria franco (he/him)

NEVER use someones dead-name

you don’t need to know who someone was, in order to respect who they are. dead naming threatens & invalidates a persons authentic gender identity, not forgetting how hurtful it can be.⁣it doesn’t matter what name a person “used to use”. if they don’t use it now, neither do you. not when talking about someoneContinue reading “NEVER use someones dead-name”

DON’T DEAD NAME!

Misgendering & dead-naming are threats to transgender people’s identities. N e v e r use someone’s dead name or pronouns, even when talking about them in the past. The term itself is pretty self explanatory. It’s called a dead name for a reason. The name is dead to this person. I’ve heard in the past,Continue reading “DON’T DEAD NAME!”