aerialsquid:

tree-of-blue-squirrel:

kalcl:

kalcl:

As someone who changed his name just for fun when I thought I was still cis, i promise most people are ok with accepting a new name, even if you lie and say it’s a nickname. I promise. It’s really easy to just casually go “hey I wanna go by Bob now, it’s an old nickname I wanna bring back” like. Just start introducing yourself to new ppl, no one knows better. and if someone accidentally deadnames you just go haha no I go by my nickname now.

It sucks that ppl treat nicknames as more sacred than trans ppls choice names but still.

If ur cis u can totally rb this to help ur fellow trans friends out thanks

If Dwayne Johnson can be also called The Rock you can have ANY name you feel comfortable with

Also: Don’t agonize over whether your new name is ‘perfect’. My friend pointed out that most people don’t even get to choose their name at all, and are comfortable living with it even if they’d rather have been called Cassandra or Violet or something else instead of Margaret.

(My cis friend hated his parents and changed his last name to the name of his favorite band. I can’t even remember what the original one was.)