My respect for the guy took a huge bump in 2016, when he vocaly stated that trump was racist bully and a huge piece of shit. Great guy.
My respect for the guy took a huge bump
Uh oh. This could go either way.
Great guy.
Phew
Airyn
Their birth name is Aaron. She clearly wanted to keep it similar.
Like… Erin?
Mildred is a fucking great name. Airyn is a bit rougher, but in general I feel that us trans femmes have absolutely nothing on trans mascs who really do go wild with their names or end up as one of the 75% of trans guys called Ryland, or a variation thereof.
75% of trans guys called Ryland, or a variation thereof.
Not Kai?
Ahhh, I knew I was forgetting the third in the trinity of trans guy names
This is *ayden erasure
Trans guys please stop bullying me because of your taste in names 😭
Is Mildred old enough to make a come back yet? In my mind it’s lumped in with names from about 70-100 years ago, along with Gladys, Ethel, and Phyllis. I guess Millie sounds ok, but Airyn sounds way better to me
There’s a very famous (in certain circles) trans singer named ethel
Airyn sounds like Aaron though.
Or Erin
It’s funny because I’ve seen almost the exact opposite; Trans femmes are choosing beautiful gorgeous names that fit them perfectly. Then trans mascs are just like “oh hey, I’m Steve.”
“I… Am Steve.”
To be fair, when someone’s a Steve, they’re a Steve. There’s just no faking it. Good on those trans-men for recognizing it.
I know several females who should definitely be called Dave
I would love to know a trans masc called Steve. I do know multiple Haydn and Rylan though! Most of the trans femmes I know either pick a perfectly fine normal name or they are a flower. So many Rose.
For real, if you have a chance of picking your own name, workshop it.
I think its actually quite cute but I do suspect its going to get annoying when she is trying to tell a cashier her email.
You use your name in your email address???
WTF?! Why get judgy over other’s names? Also Mildred is a great name.
it’s a bit of a meme that trans people pick weird ass names. this one falls on the better side imo; usually it’s a name you’d only hear in a bingo game
“Oh yes?” hides our names behind our back “you don’t say.” “Interesting…”
I think it’s cute. I’m cishet so don’t have authority here but I do think the joking about it is fine because this particular joke usually comes from a place of understanding, as opposed to the attack helicopter joke that’s clearly made from a place of ignorance and othering.
It’s like Jewish comedians making fun of themselves vs what nazis think a “joke” about Jewish people is.
I took that as tongue and cheek supportive. As in, the friend is totally cool with their friend coming out as trans, but cants get over the choice of name.
Is there a name for that type of swap humour? Where you set up a joke and the punchline plays off the less obvious point in the lead up?
Bait n switch
Yeah. I guess that probably covers it. Seems almost mundane now…
Thanks.
So sad when just common decency counts as good news.
Right
“Supportive father continues to be supportive.”
Riviting stuff…
Every parent needs to be like this!
