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[quote=Anonymous]I’ve seen in various posts, articles, social media references to authentic self and it’s now hit closer to home and I’m not sure what it means.

A family member with whom I’m FB friends but otherwise not close about a year ago announced she was bi and dating a woman who presented in a more stereotypically masculine way. A few months ago they broke up. Two weeks ago a FB post to “please from now on call me X. It more appropriately reflects my authentic self.”  The change isn’t from a feminine to a masculine name, it’s the first syllable of the given name. Think “I used to be Emily but please call me Em since that reflects my authentic self.”  More posts about how she’s now asked all her colleagues to call her X and how much courage it took because it’s authentic.

I’m not judging, im trying to gain insight and understand  it’s not like she suddenly said my name is Joe, please use a different pronoun so I’m not understanding what to her is clearly a big deal. It clearly is though so I’d like to try and understand more and not just nod my head without a real  understanding b[/quote]

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