[mookiemookie]

I have an oddly spelled last name. I try my best to communicate how I want it spelled and pronounced and Lord knows I've seen it done all sorts of ways through school and business and everything else. When my request gets ignored, I get peeved. My name is my identity. It's who I am. So when someone's gender identity is attacked, I really empathize and retreat back into that same line of thinking. Why do you care how I spell my name? Why do you care how someone identifies themself? Both of those are super personal ways that someone puts out their identity, their who they are. It doesn't do anything to me to respect someone's wishes as to how they want to be named or gendered. Why not respect that?