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How to handle family who won't use your chosen name

I've been living as a woman for two years but my family still uses my old name 'by accident' and I'm starting to think they're doing it on purpose.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Persistent misnamimg reveals whether love adapts to truth or demands you shrink back into old forms.

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