> Why is it offensive to say that my celebrity crush used to be Ellen Page (until she came out as lesbian)? It isn't. Talking about someone's dead name is not

> Why is it offensive to say that my celebrity crush used to be Ellen Page (until she came out as lesbian)? It isn't. Talking about someone's dead name is not offensive. Referring to someone using their deadname today is. For example, saying "Ellen Page was really good in the latest season of The Umbrella Academy" is offensive because at that point, they were identifying as Elliot. In the case of someone not being notable before a transition, talk of their deadname is offensive because it is clearly being done in bad faith. If they were transitioned before they became a notable person, why the obsession with knowing their deadname? There's really only one reason: Because you want to call them that as an "own" against transgender people.