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HelpRe: Valentin (with transgender intent)
in reply to a message by Confused and concerned
I'm not sure I follow your reasoning: you are transitioning to male but keeping Amelie as your first name? Wouldn't it make more sense to select an A- name, perhaps Arthur or Adrien, or even just Adrian, and by all means go by your nice new mn but keep gender consistency? I don't enjoy Valentin(e) at all, but that's because of February 14 more than the name itself. Romantic, perhaps, but mostly just commercialised.
I'm sorry that you find it necessary to pre-empt people's possible hostile reactions to your situation. I have never seen evidence of homophobia, transphobia or whatever on these boards, and I don't expect to. You might consider waiting for something to react to, and then express your perfectly justifiable displeasure, rather than jumping the gun.
I'm sorry that you find it necessary to pre-empt people's possible hostile reactions to your situation. I have never seen evidence of homophobia, transphobia or whatever on these boards, and I don't expect to. You might consider waiting for something to react to, and then express your perfectly justifiable displeasure, rather than jumping the gun.
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I mainly just plan on keeping my first name the same for paperwork reasons, honestly. Seems there'll be a bit less to deal with if it's just the middle name, and I figure going by my middle name instead of first isn't too weird of a thing to do. Like how people go by initials or nicknames or last names in social settings, full names for documents and more important things. We'll see, if I like it/some other name I find enough I might just scrap the middle name and replace the first. I definitely don't plan on getting anything legally changed for a good while!
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