What does Deadnaming mean?
Other definitions of Deadnaming:
- Referring to a transgender person's name they used before their transition, whether intentional or not.
- The invalidating action of using a person's prior name.
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How to use the term
Deadnaming:
I had an old friend who outed me to a group of people by deadnaming me. Worse, even though it was an accident, they refused to apologize.
Did he just deadname in that tweet? Gross.
Deadnaming is just another example of how transgender people experience discrimination across the board.
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