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SKARDAVNELNATE posted...

His stance is that it depends on the situation.

And that's transphobic. Full stop. Unless it's Twitter, deliberately deadnaming or misgendering somebody is transphobic (and it's only okay in Twitter's case because Twitter isn't a person and deadnaming it is just resisting Musk's absurd insistence on trying to force a new identity on it against whatever will it can be said to have). The only situation in which it is not is if you are a medical professional responsible for the well-being of the person in question and you have genuine cause to believe that their apparent gender dysphoria will be better served by not providing gender-affirming care, and even that situation is exceedingly rare because the vast majority of the body of research on the subject advises against being so antagonistic to anyone seeking gender-affirming care.

In every other case - with no further exceptions - deliberate deadnaming and misgendering is nothing more than a self-righteous circle jerk at the expense of the mental health of your victim. End of story.