At a family bbq I said hello to my cousin’s daughter by name, and she said my name is Tom now. I can accept that, as she has always been very much the tomboy (pardon the pun).
Tom had a daughter when they (is this the right pronoun??) changed name and has had another with her male partner since. Tom yearns to be able to have reassignment surgery.
I don’t pretend to understand the psychology of this, but Tom’s a great person and loving partner and parent, so who am I to judge. And Tom doesn’t stick it in everyone’s face and demands the world to change whether they like it or not. So good on her / him or whatever she wants us to accept her as.
