![]() No amount of logic or appeal to humanity will change their behavior. Or worse, they are genuinely terrible people who want to make an "out group" feel bad. They don't respect us enough to consider how we feel. They don't care to be kind it's too much of an inconvenience. Many of these people will probably change their opinion if they finally encounter it with someone they respect.īut most of the rest just don't want to be bothered. There are lots of people who have not encountered the situation in their day-to-day day lives, so they don't get it and may comment on it from that ignorant perspective. Some take a few flubs, and some older folk who have been calling you by your deadname for 30 years may take a bit longer, but if they respect you, it's probably obvious that they are trying. Some people can do that like they are flipping a switch. They make that mistake less and less as they internalize the new information until they overwrite the old association. ![]() We all know when someone is trying and they just make a mistake. ![]() Anyone who "can't ever remember" your chosen name or pronouns simply doesn't respect you. or Mrs.įor us, it boils down to respect, or lack thereof. have always been present, people still are not used to it (at least in my experience in the US), so it isn't an automatic adjustment like Dr. and marriage changing a name, so it's almost second nature to respect the change. Jones." interrupting "It's Doctor Jones now!" without skipping a beat "Sorry, Doctor Jones."Īlready precedent for people adapting to a new name (marriage), title (see above), etc.
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