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this post was submitted on 13 Feb 2025
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I'm genuinely curious, what about it comes across as transphobia to you?
not OP, but I'm in two minds about it. I don't really care to step in on caitlyn's behalf, she can kick rocks for all I care. and I don't think the intent of the post was hateful, but whenever a trans person does something bad and newsworthy, deadnames start to come out and even if it's directed at someone I actively despise it still sucks to read. revoking someone's chosen name out of personal disgust is just something we deal with irl a lot. it's a similar kind of ick as when a female politician does something reprehensible and the discourse gets flooded by a bunch of people crudely commenting on her appearance.
eta: with a very minor change this same exact point could be made without deadnaming her, so to me it's uncomfortable and unnecessary.
Yeah this is exactly how I feel and why I didn't really wanna argue about this further, she's the last person I'd wanna defend but I still felt like it should be pointed out.
The tweet does not call Caitlyn Bruce, it's telling Caitlyn than the president ordered the government to call her Bruce.
Mentioning a deadname is not the same as deadnaming, this is not like saying "Jehovah" or something. I understand that just bringing up someone's deadname can be jarring to at least a portion of trans people but, like, that's the point here. Shock her into realising what's being done to, also, her.