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In defence of deadnaming

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welshgendercrit · 28/11/2018 14:43

For ‘deadnaming’ is just a Newspeak word designed to demonise the telling of historical truths. Not satisfied with seeking to control contemporary discussion and attitudes, now trans activists and their allies (all institutions, in essence) want to control the past itself. History. No way. The past happened, it was true, and we should not allow that to be erased and forgotten just to make some people feel better about themselves.

Yet again spiked (which I never used to read) has written a good, hardhitting, sensible article on transactivism.

www.spiked-online.com/2018/10/11/in-defence-of-deadnaming/

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OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 20/12/2018 13:36

SH has been on twitter proclaiming how they have got someone in trouble for deadnaming them. If the thinking behind the offence/harm caused by deadnaming is that it outs someone as being trans, how does publicly tweeting about it stack up with privacy being the motivation behind preventing deadnaming?

Why do trans people have extra rights for their past to be hidden if it's not a question about outing them?

Notevenmyrealname · 28/11/2018 17:57

I always feel this way about Caitlin Jenner. Is she genuinely ashamed of her Olympic achievements which she got under her previous name competing against men? I understand for some people there may be painful associations with it but to have a blanket policy of never acknowledging someone’s previous identity just seems really weird. I’m happy to refer to Caitlin Jenner by the name and pronouns she prefers in the same way, Muhammad Ali preferred that to Cassius Clay but to make out that it’s some kind of act of violence just seems unnecessary.

nellodee · 28/11/2018 17:54

Jeeeez.... this comment:

"You have an issue with trans women (trans men are never mentioned, so I guess the anger is just directed at the women)."

How.... what... I just....

No.

deepwatersolo · 28/11/2018 17:45

This is what the Cultural Revolution must have felt like.

happydappy2 · 28/11/2018 17:41

Deadnaming is just another made up word that the majority of the population simply won’t comprehend.....it’s one thing for a transsexual person to politely request that you respect their new identity by referring to them as the opposite sex, it’s just not practical to pretend what happened in the past didn’t actually happen.

Feminist4areason · 28/11/2018 17:24

Another great article from Spiked.