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Okay, I’m about to make an extremely important thread, so please read it and please bear with me 
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Alright, so to start off, I’m going to be changing my name on here, and here’s why. Yesterday I finally came out as Trans to my grandmother, whom I live with. I’ve been hiding it from her for 6 years while also consistently going by she/her and my dead name in my household.
Before my mom passed in 2016, my mother would constantly tell me never to tell my grandmother anything because she was afraid my grandmother would disown me and kick me out, so I’ve been living very uncomfortably since then.
I’ve always had Miles as my placeholder name because in highschool my theatre friends really enjoyed calling me that and joked that I was like Miles “Tails” from Sonic, so I kept it. It was an easy cover if family ever found my social media and questioned me about it.
That’s not to say I hate the name Miles, I love it, & in my preferred name I actually have it as my middle name because it always signified to me ‘freedom beyond the horizon’ or like a lovingly kept secret waiting for the day I could be free, so I’m 100% fine with y’all saying it
But I’m making this thread to let y’all know I’m done with hiding and I’m finally ready to embrace and show off the real me, and that includes my actual preferred name.
So from now on my @ will be dominikoctw and my name on here will be Dominik Miles. I didn’t wanna confuse anyone, so here’s the little heads up y’all need. I love you guys and I’m finally proud to show off the real me.
