How hard would it have been for them to say "Ellen page is now Elliot Page" or something like that.
Also I kind of hope for their sake that they are Trans and not seriously confused as this seems to be the path a person I know took. Came out as Lesbian, then decided they were Trans, for some reason thinking being a guy would make it easier for them to get dates then realise being a guy wasn't anywhere near that easy so last I heard they were trying to claim to be nonbinary to try and get the best of both worlds seemingly and they were not having a very good time of it
That would be deadnaming him. The moment he comes out as Elliot it is transphobic and very fascist to call him Ellen. And next week when he's Ellen again, you'll be calling him Elliot, you bigot.
You'd think the whole acceptance thing would be helped by the idea of "There were going by this name they're now this name" to show a very clear yes they've transitioned. Rather than trying to pretend that's always been their name. Hell I don't think the name they were going by at the time should matter you can still argue they might have felt like they were a dude but they didn't present as such.
I mean using those standards my mate shagged a guy called Clive because 5 year after he broke up with a girl she transitioned to being a man lol. It's kinda stupid really to think about.
I'm not saying suddenly Elliot appears into existence give all the past to them too and history but it seems weird to erase the time he was female.
How hard would it have been for them to say "Ellen page is now Elliot Page" or something like that.
Also I kind of hope for their sake that they are Trans and not seriously confused as this seems to be the path a person I know took. Came out as Lesbian, then decided they were Trans, for some reason thinking being a guy would make it easier for them to get dates then realise being a guy wasn't anywhere near that easy so last I heard they were trying to claim to be nonbinary to try and get the best of both worlds seemingly and they were not having a very good time of it
That would be deadnaming him. The moment he comes out as Elliot it is transphobic and very fascist to call him Ellen. And next week when he's Ellen again, you'll be calling him Elliot, you bigot.
You'd think the whole acceptance thing would be helped by the idea of "There were going by this name they're now this name" to show a very clear yes they've transitioned. Rather than trying to pretend that's always been their name. Hell I don't think the name they were going by at the time should matter you can still argue they might have felt like they were a dude but they didn't present as such.
I mean using those standards my mate shagged a guy called Clive because 5 year after he broke up with a girl she transitioned to being a man lol. It's kinda stupid really to think about.
I'm not saying suddenly Elliot appears into existence give all the past to them too and history but it seems weird to erase the time he was female.