I’m scared about what will happen when I go to vote

[SerendipityJane]

https://metro.co.uk/2024/07/02/im-scared-will-happen-go-vote-21143477/

If you're going to change your name to a letter of the alphabet, why 'D'? It's too red pen 'see me', or (possibly nominative determanism) 'dunce'. I can understand avoiding 'A', what's your name? A. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? A!. B would have been nice 🐝

But they're scary c-c-c-cis- wimin who will curse me if I approach them with my sPetizL self...

I feel so sorry for her.

How difficult it must be that people are talking about voting and not you and your gender/sexuality.
How does one cope without attention for a few minutes.

If there was only a way she could try and make the voting about herself.

I'm confused as to why, if she doesn't want to be seen as a woman, she changed her name to one which is generally used for women.

I suspect my confusion is less than hers.

I can’t get past ‘per say’ and how Dee would probably be pissed off that this is the main thing I remember from her tale of trauma.

Yep my take away was Dee didn't want to have Dee's 'dead name' on official documents so Dee changed Dee's name by deed poll, then left Dee's 'dead name' on all Dee'd official documents.
Mmm OK.

What is their/zir etc.highest educational qualification? I CBA to go back and look.

If it's a PhD, that's Level 8. And they/ze etc. can't spell 'per se'.

https://www.wearequeeraf.com/the-right-of-the-parent-is-not-worth-more-than-the-safety-of-a-trans-child/

Dee has taught Dee's wisdom in our schools. Stop the world please.

That was a bit of a nothingburger. I have never heard of a male Dee so I'm not sure the name is as non binary as she thinks.

I was going to say why didn't she just get a postal vote! She has changed her name since 2023 so plenty of time to apply for postal vote

I think I read Dee has a BA in English Literature from Queen Mary's. I expect the subsequent Masters in Genderwoo from Birkbeck taught zer/zie/thems that spelling is a spectrum and a word can use any combination of letters it likes.

Spelling bigots, the lot of you!

Cis-grammar 😃

😂 Guilty as charged

Absolutely! And really would be in serious danger of physical violence.
First-world problems ….

Words fail me. She actually is holding a giant gold dick award. Dee, I’m trying to put this gently, what is this telling you?

This self absorbed when they're boring as fuck, too.

What on earth qualified this train wreck of a person to advise schools?

Their understanding of personal responsibility, personal effectiveness, initiative, grammar, critical thinking, decision-making ability and ability to follow instructions all seem to be lacking.

Ffs.

You know how the candidates and their supporters wear rosettes to show their party? Maybe Dee could get a special one made to let everyone know how special she is and she could hang around the polling station to enjoy getting scared od people seeing her.

'While I had been out as non-binary, using they/them pronouns, in every area of my life since I discovered the label, it wasn’t until I legally changed my name that I decided to tell my family that I identify as non-binary'.

I struggle to comprehend why someone who is so keen on not being type cast (as if), delights in slapping on another label.

To be fair, I know one chap whose name starts with a D and got the nickname Dee from a young age. My mother in law similarly has a name starting with D and goes by the nickname Dee. They are very very different people - conservative v socialist, vegan v fois gras is yummy, staunch church goer v pagan. You get the drift. But as they are both lovely people I’m sure they’d get on fine if they met.

Dudley Dursley had a nickname of Big D. Do you think she's twigged that she's associated herself with JKR?

The polls been open for a few hours now. I hope D's still safe. Thoughts and prayers.

What a load of navel gazing, luxury belief wankery.

There are hundreds of thousands (millions?) of people in the world where it is actually unsafe for them to vote or where they have no right to vote at all (women) and no identifying as something else changes that. Where there is actually physical violence and people disappear for openly voicing dissent. And this person is worried they won’t be allowed to vote because of lack of ID which is entirely of their own doing?

So sick of this self centred, victim mentality bollocks.

That Metro piece:

Platform is the home of Metro.co.uk's first-person and opinion pieces, devoted to giving a platform to underheard and underrepresented voices in the media.

Under-heard? Under-represented? 🙄

"I’ve never seen non-binary folks represented in any form of media, or even considered when exploring identities which differ from cisgender unless it’s to use my identity as a political pawn."

Has they been living under a rock? You can't move for non-binary celebs and celebs' kids. There are endless fawning lifestyle articles and puff pieces about NB people's "unmet needs" (like the one who complained that all hairdressers are male/masculine-only or female/feminine-only so NB aren't provided for - ignoring the thousands of unisex hairdressers that have existed for decades...) (and the kid who was offered their own special toilet at school but still somehow had something to moan about) (etc etc)

"Even though there are barriers put in place for trans+ people"

What like expecting you to be arsed to update your records just like the many other people who change their name every year? That's not a barrier for trans people, it's a barrier for disorganised people. Which admittedly may be unfair, but it's not singling out trans.

Lordy be. I actually feel bad for people who make such ridiculous claims to victimhood, in that publications like the Metro make give them a public platform to make no sense and come across as self-absorbed and overprivileged AF.