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The problem isn't just discrimination/harassment (though that's huge - I used to use a male pseudonym on my github & stackoverflow accounts, and still do on med
by DelaneyM 10y ago
The problem isn't just discrimination/harassment (though that's huge - I used to use a male pseudonym on my github & stackoverflow accounts, and still do on medium.) It's also just pragmatically impossible.
I have changed my first name legally three times.
I have changed my last name once.
I currently have different legal names in three countries, on my undergraduate & masters degrees, and on my 401k, and none of those are the name I am known by to my colleagues & friends.
What is my "real name"?
- quirkafleeg 10y agoFrank Abagnale?
- DelaneyM 10y agoHah - if I'd changed my name so often for malicious intent, instead of family & marriage reasons, it'd probably be much more rationally arranged. Not having a canonical "real name" is a giant PITA.
- mjevans 10y agoYour GIN (Government Issued Number), be it an SSN, SIN, or anything else. At least, as far as the one most easy to use against you.