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:
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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.
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Did he just deadname in that tweet? Gross.
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Deadnaming is just another example of how transgender people experience discrimination across the board.
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