[Katie]

I had not heard of that word until today. 

With legal name change planned this year I have a feeling that it will go on my “new words that I could not conceive of doing without” list. 

How many times do you have to use “deadnamed” before the smile inside of you goes.

Congrats! I hope all goes as well for you as it did for me, just remeber to keep a list with you of places you have to inform and get a few photocopies of your name change certificate as well. it`s easy to overlook something and then get a letter in the mail 6 months later in your deadname because you didn`t tell them, and that can make you feel really down for a bit.

as for telling people, most of the folks I`v used that term with have been trans anyway so they already knew, it doesn`t really come up in conversation with Normies though, and over half of my friends don`t even know what my deadname was anyway   xx