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Gendered names can be triggering for Transgender people. So some adopt a new name. Some strategies to do this:

  • Is look up their parent given name on a website like [www.behindthename.com Behind the Name] and choose a less triggering related name.
  • If out to their parent or ready to come out discuss what name they would have been given if they had known their gender identity
  • Or simply choose a name that sounds good to them.
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