What’s In A Deadname?

Coming to terms with my trans nonbinary identity

Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash

I’m going through the process of taking my name off life-support. Soon enough “Gabe Bardole” will officially cease to exist. My deadname will become a vestige of the past, the moniker written on out-of-date documents.

Gabe Bardole will be dead.

RIP.