Deadnaming has consequences for cisgendered people too. I changed my name partially to help hide from the cult I was raised in, but also as a way to signify my new identity as a new person outside of the cult. Deadnaming endangers me because every system referring to modern me by the name of past me connects me to that past, increasing the odds I will get killed for being an apostate. While not as extreme of consequences, every other person I know who is both cis and legally changed their name describes the experience of being dead named the same way as the lgbt people I know
Deadnaming has consequences for cisgendered people too. I changed my name partially to help hide from the cult I was raised in, but also as a way to signify my new identity as a new person outside of the cult. Deadnaming endangers me because every system referring to modern me by the name of past me connects me to that past, increasing the odds I will get killed for being an apostate. While not as extreme of consequences, every other person I know who is both cis and legally changed their name describes the experience of being dead named the same way as the lgbt people I know
I hear you 🫂
Are you in the UK? There's an organisation called Faith to Faithless you may want to checkout - www.faithtofaithless.com