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Parker Molloy Jan 18, 2023

Fascinated by this portion of the NY Mag story where it talks about people who don't understand "why deadnaming a trans colleague was considered 'bad'"

Because it's not their name. This isn't complicated. No one is like, "Why is it considered 'bad' that I call my colleague Bob 'Steve'?" or "Why is it bad if someone updates their last name after getting married and I keep calling them their old one?"

https://t.co/Trw0ulxWeP

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Parker Molloy Jan 18, 2023

When I first read that, I thought it was referring to the 2018 policy Twitter implemented (but almost never enforced) that counted misgendering and deadnaming as forms of harassment when directed at trans people on the platform, but no, this was seriously a guy who thought he was being super edgy by asking why it's "bad" to refuse to call a trans person by their name.

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Parker Molloy Jan 18, 2023

The obsession some people have with every aspect of trans people's lives is maddening. They're so angry that trans people want to be able to exist in society that they go through all these dehumanizing thought exercises that are like "Why should I have to treat this person like a human being?"

It's so gross.

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Adam Elman

@parkermolloy It’s hard for some people to recognize and reject the fundamental societal transphobia they grew up with. It’s easier to react with anger than to accept that some of the shit you learned growing up was wrong, and you acted in ways that you would regret now if you took the time to reevaluate your views.