Deadnaming: Referring to a trans person by a name they’ve retired.The term deadnaming comes fr

Deadnaming: Referring to a trans person by a name they’ve retired.

The term deadnaming comes from the fact that it’s often done to trans people who are dead. Typically their parents along with some political and/or religious group take the opportunity to aggressively misgender them when they can no longer object. 

Deadnaming can be intentional, meant to dehumanize and disrespect the trans person. Deadnaming can also be accidental; sometimes you don’t see someone for a while, and you don’t know they’ve changed their name. Not using their current name dehumanizes and disrespects them, regardless. 

–Nidoqueen & Glaceon