I keep telling my coworkers chosen names aren’t even really a “trans” thing. We work psychiatry so we get plenty of people that don’t want to be called by the name they share with the relative that beat them or whatever. There’s plenty of reasons to go by a different name!
Yeah, I used to be one of those “meh who cares” about being circumcised, but as I’ve gotten older and thought more about the practice, it disgusts me. I have zero plans of having children, but if I ever had a son, the idea of almost immediately cutting off a piece of his fucking penis because their psychotic god has a fetish for children’s foreskins, is nauseating, horrific, and barbaric.
Like what the fuck people?
Was listening to NPR the other day where they were talking about some female genital mutilation in some African nation. It’s so goddamn horrifying, and the statistics they gave for how many women in that country had received FGM were deeply depressing.
I know that male circumcision isn’t at the level of barbarism that most ritual FGM seems to be, but it did make me think about the double standard.
Every day, in the US at least, x thousands of newborns/infants are having their genitals mutilated without second thought.
One of my close friends goes by his middle name because he shared a first name with the man who mercilessly beat him at every opportunity. I go by a nickname because I share a name with a meth addict rodeo cowboy who was never a part of my life.
Adding to that, the opposition to using “they/them” pronouns seems ridiculous too. There are entire countries where using singular pronouns while talking to/about someone is considered extremely offensive and referring to individuals by using plural pronouns is the norm.
If billions of people can manage without getting confused about whether or not you’re talking about an individual or group of people, I’m sure that even the English speakers who are opposed to this because of the “confusion” it causes can do it with very little effort - especially since third person gender neutral pronouns are already a thing in English!
Hell,l it’s even the norm in US English. People use “they/them” instead of “he” or “she” all of the time depending on the context. And nobody bats a fucking eye.
That’s not a reason many Republicans would accept though. They think being beaten by a relative is a good thing. Especially if the person being beaten is a child.
Yeah I’m trans and my wife is a cis lady and neither of our current legal names are our birth name. No one’s used my birth name for at least a decade but when we visit my in-laws I’m the only one who doesn’t call her by hers. Always amuses me when I stop to think about it.
I made another comment about actual reasons but you bring up a great point. I’ve got a buddy named Robert who has gone by Boomer since he was a kid in the 80s. I don’t think he remembers his real name is Robert.
I keep telling my coworkers chosen names aren’t even really a “trans” thing. We work psychiatry so we get plenty of people that don’t want to be called by the name they share with the relative that beat them or whatever. There’s plenty of reasons to go by a different name!
It could simply be that you just don’t like the name
Omg a bunch of people were named by Boomers and then had their genitals mutilated! Pour one out for circumcised American Millennials.
I’m confused.
Consent?
I guess it just felt a bit shoehorned so I was having trouble relating it to what I said lol
I’d say that most circumcised people, even the ones who really angry about it, don’t change their names over it.
Yeah, I used to be one of those “meh who cares” about being circumcised, but as I’ve gotten older and thought more about the practice, it disgusts me. I have zero plans of having children, but if I ever had a son, the idea of almost immediately cutting off a piece of his fucking penis because their psychotic god has a fetish for children’s foreskins, is nauseating, horrific, and barbaric.
Like what the fuck people?
Was listening to NPR the other day where they were talking about some female genital mutilation in some African nation. It’s so goddamn horrifying, and the statistics they gave for how many women in that country had received FGM were deeply depressing.
I know that male circumcision isn’t at the level of barbarism that most ritual FGM seems to be, but it did make me think about the double standard.
Every day, in the US at least, x thousands of newborns/infants are having their genitals mutilated without second thought.
That’s… really fucked up.
One of my close friends goes by his middle name because he shared a first name with the man who mercilessly beat him at every opportunity. I go by a nickname because I share a name with a meth addict rodeo cowboy who was never a part of my life.
Adding to that, the opposition to using “they/them” pronouns seems ridiculous too. There are entire countries where using singular pronouns while talking to/about someone is considered extremely offensive and referring to individuals by using plural pronouns is the norm.
If billions of people can manage without getting confused about whether or not you’re talking about an individual or group of people, I’m sure that even the English speakers who are opposed to this because of the “confusion” it causes can do it with very little effort - especially since third person gender neutral pronouns are already a thing in English!
Hell,l it’s even the norm in US English. People use “they/them” instead of “he” or “she” all of the time depending on the context. And nobody bats a fucking eye.
That’s not a reason many Republicans would accept though. They think being beaten by a relative is a good thing. Especially if the person being beaten is a child.
No no, you got that wrong: it’s only good if the man beats his wife and children
I go by nickname because so many other people have my name, and it gets annoying. It was a little empowering at a young age as well.
Like participating in online discussion. I find it crazy that so many people just use their real name as their online handle.
Yeah I’m trans and my wife is a cis lady and neither of our current legal names are our birth name. No one’s used my birth name for at least a decade but when we visit my in-laws I’m the only one who doesn’t call her by hers. Always amuses me when I stop to think about it.
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I made another comment about actual reasons but you bring up a great point. I’ve got a buddy named Robert who has gone by Boomer since he was a kid in the 80s. I don’t think he remembers his real name is Robert.