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LGBTQIA+ 1d
Lowkey hate when parents of trans people make it all about themselves. Like they’re so sad when a kid wants a different name and they act like it’s a crime against them for their kid to not be exactly who the parent assumed they’d become
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Anonymous 1d

because those parents view their child as an extension of themselves.

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Anonymous 1d

“But think about how I feel! I’m mourning my child!” Go fuck yourself with that. No, you’re not. You’re upset YOUR desires were not met and that you don’t have a little puppet.

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Anonymous 1d

I can understand why my parents are sad that I’m leaving behind the name they chose for me, and have known me by for the past 23 years. I can understand it, and at the same time, it’s really painful knowing I’ve made them sad by living as my real self.

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Anonymous 18h

My deadname meant something to my mom because of my birth, and while I understand that’s sad I changed it, I was the one who did that, not the name. Mourning my name, you care more about my meaning as a baby than my meaning as an adult

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1d

they gave you a gift when you were a baby, when you couldn’t say you didn’t want it. as a parent, I’d only be sad that I misjudged you and gave you a name you didn’t like rather than take it as a sign of my failure

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