challenge for cis people, difficulty impossible: Not using the old name when asking what name to use after the name change
lost so far
Today I learned that #slack saves a „username“ field for your account and doesn’t tell you ANYTHING about that. This lead to my #deadname being #leaked today.
So…
a #queer space I’m in is using Slack as a communication platform. Due to various concerns we wanted to switch to Matrix.
Our IT had put up a Slack-Matrix #bridge to ease the shift away from Slack.
Turns out this bridge was using a „username“ field that slack had previously depreciated in favor of display names.
As I had joined a Slack years ago before my #transition it must’ve created this username from my email back then, which contained my deadname.
When I transitioned I changed my email and the „Full name“ field on all the slack instances I was on.
I joined that queer Slack space after this and it must’ve just copied over that original username.
THE USERNAME FIELD WAS NOT SHOWN ANYWHERE. It was completely #hidden.
And now the Slack-Bridge had leaked my deadname via the username into our new Matrix space.
Dear Slack Developers/Team,
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?!
FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO CHANGE THIS NAME:
- Go to the slack web app (I couldn’t find it on mobile)
- Click on the profile picture on the bottom left and click on „Profile“
- Click on the tree dots next to „Set a status“ and „View as“
- Go to „Account Settings (external link)“
- Scroll all the way down (UNDER „Deactivate account“!?!)
- Click „expand“ on the „Username“ section
- Change your username and click „Save“
Live in Montgomery County (#MontCo) in the #Philadelphia #Philly suburbs? Want to get an official, legal name change ASAP? Maybe your ID still has your #deadname and you're worried that you won't have access to help to get it changed?
The county offers FREE legal name change services. They're not just for trans/non-binary/gender-expansive folks, but the county has noticed a huge some in interest in the services from those communities since November.
More details from our friends at the Philadelphia Inquirer:
Honey, I don't care what you identify as, you will always be Gulf of Mexico to me
PTDR @theophylledcx vient de m’appeler Julien et il a dit qu’il voulait partir en vacances dans le Pouetou Charentes. Il est en #roue libre ! #nosregionsontdutalent #deadname
@transworld why u said their #deadname ?
Gericht: Facebook muss Beitrag zu Hamburger Politiker löschen
Es geht um einen Post, der gegen das Selbstbestimmungsgesetz verstößt. Ein Grünen-Bürgerschaftsabgeordneter hatte einen Eilantrag gestellt.
#HH #Hamburg #Facebook #Transperson #Deadname #Entscheidung #Gericht #HamburgNews
#OnlyFans #model #KayManuel #outed by #Australian #media: ‘It’s a hard #topic to talk about’
One #publication shared her #deadname and several #photos of her as a #teenager – before she underwent #genderaffirmingcare.
#Australian #media has a #record of #outing members of the #LGBTQ+ #community.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Australia #Media #Hate #Bigotry #Transphobia #DeadNaming #Misgendering #Outing
https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/11/26/kay-manuel-outed-by-australian-media/
[CW transhate]
So here's the thing. TERFs - that's an easy one. Usually vatnikoids these days, stuck in a 100+yo suffragette #feminism that was highly appropriate when there still was a Kaiser in Germany, but hasn't since, because it has achieved its main aim.
Deal with them as with any other reactionary (the "R" in #TERF means REACTIONARY. There is nothing "#radical" about these rank and usually decrepit boomer booj.) and you're set.
BUT: what about individuals who claim to be #trans with a vengeance, only to rant and rail against the "#woke #genderism #conspiracy", and who even promote the views of the most extreme breed of religious right fanatics who call consciously #queer people "animals" that ought to be "culled" etc?
It's not a numerically significant problem, but these few people do have a toxic impact at the boundary of queer communities and the so-called "normal" people that is utterly without proportion to their numbers. They are the "good trans" the trans-haters leverage against queers.
How does one confront them? I am always tempted to #deadname them (since it seems highly likely they are not trans at all, just batshit insane - "cosplaying as trans" if you will)... but THAT is a road that does not look like it could lead to anything good.
Rainverse Wiki now has an official policy on deadnaming. This is not actually a new policy: we have written down what we were already doing. Our hope is that by writing it down, it will be easier for new contributors to follow.
TL,DR:
* Do not deadname real people.
* Fictional characters' deadnames may be used as redirects or when necessary to document the comic.
* If you aren't sure whether a use of a deadname is "necessary," discuss it first.
https://rainverse.wiki/wiki/Rainverse_Wiki:Deadnaming
#Rain #MyImpossibleSoulmate #Rainverse #RainverseWiki #Miraheze #MediaWiki #Theo #Alignment #Spirit #Trans #Deadname #Deadnaming
Digipost gjør det mulig å finne ut det gamle navnet/deadname til personer som har endret navn av ulike grunner. Anine Hartmann har laget en veileder for hva man kan gjøre: https://pkinorge.no/nyheter/2024-digipost-har-publisert-deadnames-her-er-hva-du-kan-gjre-for-sikre-deg
Meine Friseurin hat gekündigt, weil ihre Arbeitgeber nicht akzeptieren können, dass sie jetzt *weiblicher Vorname* und nicht mehr männlicher #deadname ist. Jetzt muss ich mir wohl eine neue Friseur*in suchen, weil ich leider keine Kontaktmöglichkeit habe. #trans #transfeindlichkeit #intolerantesPack
Dead Name (2024) Available October 8
#horror – #horrormovies – #DeadName – #RisingSunMedia – @RisingSunMedia – Nia, a retired Hitwoman, is tasked with finding and killing her brother Ian to stop a crime war. Nia is propelled down a dangerous path of violence, drugs, sex, backstabbing siblings, and rival hitmen, which is further complicated when a shadowy stalker from her nightmares […] …
#horror #ad #Releases #DeadName
https://horrornerdonline.com/2024/10/dead-name-2024-available-october-8/
