Re: The difficulties of raising your kids to be properly homophobic

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Lane  <absolutelane@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>On Jul 23, 2:09 pm, Serene Vannoy <ser...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Lane wrote:
>> > On Jul 23, 9:43 am, Pat Kight <kig...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >> Maybe it's the whole small-town thing, or the casual ethic of the
>> >> Pacific Northwest, but one of the first things the staff at my
>> >> doctor/dentist/veterinarian/etc. asked when I filled out the intake
>> >> paperwork is "what shall we call you?" And then they *remember*.
>>
>> > It only makes sense. So many people do not use their first name, or
>> > even their middle name. One of my closest friends just picked his own
>> > name, one that he think fits him better. He didn't change it legally
>> > but everyone who knows him calls him by his self-assigned name.
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>> In the state where I live (California), one can change one's name
>> legally just by using the new name (without intent to defraud, of
>> course). That's what I did, and little by little, I'm getting my
>> official paperwork changed over, but I don't care much about that, so
it
>> may never be completely changed.
>>
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>Interesting. I may mention that to my friend, who lives in Michigan,
>in case the law may be similar there. I don't think he would do that,
>though, while his mother is still alive. She still calls him by the
>name she gave him.

I legally changed my name but my mother still calls me by the name I
used in high school, which was an abbreviation of the name that she gave
me. I guess she only allowed one name change token.
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