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Comment by floatingatoll

4 years ago

It’s often considered professional courtesy to let people know when a property that matters to 99% of humanity (name and gender) changes permanently. Everyone takes a different approach. There are upsides and downsides to the “email autoresponder” method, but it’s certainly an acceptable option in local instances of context.

It turns out, people generally don’t change the terms of address they use for you unless you ask them to!

  • There are certain predictable exceptions, like when the physical changes reach a threshold of severe mismatch versus your old name and they get uncomfortable and figure it out (or ask :)