• The summer blues...@sh.itjust.works
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    13 hours ago

    Who knows. I let her get away despite us being pretty close friends. I think about her, I regret ditching her, but then I remember that not ditching her would mean I’d have to explain why I changed my name and I’d rather suck off a polar bear. Cis name changes are worse than genocide.

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      9 hours ago

      but then I remember that not ditching her would mean I’d have to explain why I changed my name and I’d rather suck off a polar bear. Cis name changes are worse than genocide.

      “Why did you change your name?”

      “Personal reasons I’d rather not discuss, but just know that this name makes me happy”

      Proceeds to engage in genocide

      • The summer blues...@sh.itjust.works
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        20 minutes ago

        Either you cut all the ties you’ve ever had or everyone you know isn’t so vehemently transphobic that a CIS person who changed their name is more offensive than committing a hundred 9/11s in every country, AND the trans people you know don’t assume you just want to be oppressed and changed your name for attention. Changing my name meant cutting all ties.

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      11 hours ago

      You really don’t have to explain anything. “This suits me better” is a perfectly valid reason to change a name, if you do feel like you have to give a reason