Comment on 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

n3m37h@sh.itjust.works ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• NOT_RICK@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Ok but why should the justification behind a name change matter? Addressing someone in the by the name which they choose is just a matter of common courtesy.

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• FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  How does it protect their identity when I can Google and find Whoopi Goldberg’s real name?

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  • n3m37h@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yeah, and in the 70-90’s this didnt exist and wasnt easy to find.

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• Signtist@lemmynsfw.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  But that’s the issue - people who are transphobic often say that using someone’s chosen name is “strange” and “confusing” because they don’t want to admit that their real issue with it is that it’s being used for gender expression. If their actual issue was with chosen names as a whole, stage names would irritate them just as much.

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  • FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Transphobes claim it’s too confusing to call someone by a new name but have no problem with people changing their name when they get married or just because they want to

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    • Signtist@lemmynsfw.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yeah, exactly.

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