He has a transgender daughter, whom he still calls by her old, male name. Calling a trans person by their old name that they no longer use, is called deadnaming.
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Neon@lemmy.world 2 years ago
deadnames?
Like, something with AEX12? Pretty sure it doesn’t mean he has an actual dead child
watersnipje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 years ago
Snowclone@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Oh boy. No he has a male to female transgender child, who he intentionally calls by their given name at birth, Also he really switched over to being conservative and anti-trans after said child came out to him. Usually parents go the other way, but he went the extreme hate direction and has seemingly said his child is dead to him.
gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 years ago
Using a trans person’s original name when they’ve chosen a new one
Neon@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Thanks for actually answering and not just downvoting like some toxic fucks in here. It seems that not even Lemmy is immune from social media’s toxicity.
masterofn001@lemmy.ca 2 years ago
Sometimes people just assume that when someone asks a question that seems obvious to them, the person asking the question HAS to be a troll/bad person.
Also, you’re missing a flag.
Neon@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Yeah I know. Problem is: I am a classical liberal in the original, European sense: I don’t care, do whatever makes you happy.
I have no idea which flag supports what. And even if I did: I have heard of “infighting”, so I am scared that my “I support every single one of you” flag gets taken over by some “but not that group” group and I wouldn’t notice and then have a hate-flag on it.
So, since I can’t guarantee I will take the right flag and update it accordingly, I just won’t.
rekorse@lemmy.world 2 years ago
To be fair your question was phrased a bit confusingly. It was hard to tell if you were asking clarification or supporting Elon in some strange way.