Im exhausted.

The New York Times deadnamed Aimee Stephens in her own obit. They fixed it bc enough trans people made our trauma performative; that's the only way we can get attention.

We're asking for basic human rights & correct names/pronouns. Why is that so damn hard?

Its not enough for us to have names and pronouns and expect them to be used - as any cis person can expect. No, we have to convince you it's suicide prevention, we have to point at the ever-growing numbers of dead trans ppl. And then we get called out for performative trauma!

This is just...its exhausting. The NYT damn well knew Aimee's name, and theyve heard for years why deadnaming is a problem. But they did it anyway. And they'll do it next time, too.