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How to Handle Family Members Who Won't Respect Your Identity

I'm trans and my grandmother keeps deadnaming me despite multiple conversations and I don't know whether to keep trying or protect myself by limiting contact.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The cost of maintaining family relationships forces impossible choices between authentic selfhood and belonging.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Care ethics — justice from relationship?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.