Smudges
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Hello. If you couldn't tell from the title, I have a transgender friend. He's a boy, but Identifies as a girl. That's not the problem. Here it is.
Everybody I know at school calls him by his "New" name ie. His Girl name. Even though I'm one of his closest friends, I can't get used to calling him that. I've known him for 7 years by his old name, it's difficult for me to just switch like that. So I just continue calling him by his regular name.
Is it wrong of me to do so? I've asked him about it, and he seems fine with it. Yet I can't help feeling like I'm being a jerk by not calling him by his new name. It's not like I have a problem with him all of a sudden becoming "her", or I feel lied to or anything, but I simply cannot call him his new name. Weird.
Is there anything I should/could do? Doyou have any friends or know people like this? Discuss Please.
Everybody I know at school calls him by his "New" name ie. His Girl name. Even though I'm one of his closest friends, I can't get used to calling him that. I've known him for 7 years by his old name, it's difficult for me to just switch like that. So I just continue calling him by his regular name.
Is it wrong of me to do so? I've asked him about it, and he seems fine with it. Yet I can't help feeling like I'm being a jerk by not calling him by his new name. It's not like I have a problem with him all of a sudden becoming "her", or I feel lied to or anything, but I simply cannot call him his new name. Weird.
Is there anything I should/could do? Doyou have any friends or know people like this? Discuss Please.