hey cis, we know what youre doing when you ask us our birth/dead name. we know that if we ever told you your first thought would be “oh so she’s really bethany huh?” we know that you’ll be thinking about us, imagining our parents calling us micheal growing up, hearing jeremey during role call, drivers licences and birthday cakes that say heather on them, and then you’ll look at us and say “wow you dont seem like a brianna,” or “i cant imagine you ever being a hugo,” to make yourself seem accepting, but then every time you talk to us you’ll be thinking of our dead names in the back of your minds. and we know. we know that if we ever told you, you’d never forget

dont ask trans people for their dead names, there is no reason for you to know.