Deadnaming is the act of referring to a transgender person's birth name instead of their chosen name. Deadnaming normally occurs for one of three reasons: 1: Someone accidentally deadnames because they're used to using that name. 2: Someone purposefully deadnames to cause distress. 3: Someone purposefully deadnames because of their beliefs. Many consider deadnaming to be a form of transphobia. Some ways people avoid deadnaming: * use stand-ins like * use the single initial of the former first name * refer to that identity as pre-
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