Trans Talk on Yik Yak | for the people that have a preferred name now, how did you get your parents to start calling you that name? i’m almost a year on T and they still insist on calling me a nickname of my deadname regardless of not looking fem at all and its exhausting.

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for the people that have a preferred name now, how did you get your parents to start calling you that name? i’m almost a year on T and they still insist on calling me a nickname of my deadname regardless of not looking fem at all and its exhausting.

#ftm#21

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Anonymous 1w

it took me getting my name legally changed and getting all my legal documents changed to match my preferred name for my family to somewhat start to understand

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Anonymous 1w

tbh my parents have been having a blast coming up with new nicknames — maybe ask if they want to think through possible nicknames with you?

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