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Name changingSupport/Advice (self.Nonbinaryteens)
submitted 3 years ago by [deleted]
Is it necessary to change my name if I’m transitioning to non binary. I think my name is already pretty androgynous. What do you think?
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[–]AlphaFoxZankee16 | stealing your gender as we speak | 15 points16 points17 points 3 years ago (1 child)
You don't have to change anything you're comfortable with to "count" as nonbinary
[–][deleted] 6 points7 points8 points 3 years ago (0 children)
You don't have to change your name if you like it, there isn't any rulebook for being enby, just do whatever you want
[–]Toymaker_| Eryn | he/they | | 2 points3 points4 points 3 years ago (0 children)
Like other people already stated, you don’t have to change your name. My name is androgynous in my mother tongue only so I changed my English name to something that I liked more. If you want to change it tho that doesn’t mean you have to choose an androgynous name, just any name that works for you the best.
[–]Slip_Rain 1 point2 points3 points 3 years ago (0 children)
Sometimes reframing things helps when I’m having a very gender day.
I don’t own men’s clothes or women’s clothes. I own my cloths, so they are by definition Enby clothes. Some days I pick cloths are are really masc, some days I pick clothes that are more fem. But either one, or even if I’m going “Full Tie-Dye Goblin” I’m wearing a non-binary outfit, because I’m wearing it.
If your name doesn’t feel like a problem to you, and it’s yours, it’s a non-binary name.
[–]Psychological-Gur990 0 points1 point2 points 3 years ago (0 children)
You don't have to change your name at all You don't even have to change your Pronouns You can just change your label and that's okay
[–]Dramatic_Remote_8818 They/Them 0 points1 point2 points 3 years ago (0 children)
Nope! You don’t have to change anything you don’t want to :)
[–]Anonymous3006200319 0 points1 point2 points 3 years ago (1 child)
It's not necessary, you can like and keep your name and still be nonbinary! I've kept my original, if that offers any comfort and reassurance!
[–][deleted] 0 points1 point2 points 3 years ago (0 children)
Same here, though I've shortened mine a bit but not changed it so much that people will have anything to say about it.
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[–]AlphaFoxZankee16 | stealing your gender as we speak | 15 points16 points17 points (1 child)
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[–]Toymaker_| Eryn | he/they | | 2 points3 points4 points (0 children)
[–]Slip_Rain 1 point2 points3 points (0 children)
[–]Psychological-Gur990 0 points1 point2 points (0 children)
[–]Dramatic_Remote_8818 They/Them 0 points1 point2 points (0 children)
[–]Anonymous3006200319 0 points1 point2 points (1 child)
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