It's Aleksander :] I am transgender so i changed my name (a few times actually). At the start I had some "rules" to choose a name:
1. It should be italian (i am italian, i didn't want to stand out)
2. It should be long and have nicknames (i like nicknames)
3. It shouldn't be religious (i am an atheist and i didn't like to have a name associated with god)
4. It should have a cool meaning (i like names' etymology)
In the end i chose Stefano, but it didn't feel like me at all.
I always liked Alessandro as a name, but i felt like i knew too many people with that name (like.... 5), so i looked up the variations and Aleksander stand out. Aleksander means "defender of men", and i like to add "in a gay way" for fun. I also chose Hermes as a second "unofficial" name, so i ended up disregarding like almost half of the rules. lmao.
May 23, 2025
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i think sasha is such a bad ass name. as a very angsty trans preteen who was never sure abt anything i looked for unisex names and sasha was the one i came up with. its mostly seen as male where im from.
i also had toni and jakob in mind.
Jun 13, 2024
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I just hated that name as a teenager and thought it sounds stupid. So I just took it as a funny artistic name. Soon everyone started call me Valentine and I loved i. Then I decided to add HNDSM cuz I am handsome and it sounds cool without vowels :^)
May 22, 2025
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my first + middle name is: arabella emerson (no last name hehehe you're not gonna catch me) when i was younger i used to change my name almost every summer. i went to a super woke summer camp that would let you put whatever you wanted on your name tag and so i was bella and onyx and oliver on an on and off roation for about 6 years. eventually i stopped because my mom found out and freaked out about me being trans, so i went back to being arabella for a while, and then in high school people started calling me by my last name (which was cool, but you're still not gonna get me) and then that evolved into me going by emerson, not for any particualr reason, it just sort of happened. my mom had less of an issue with that so i just stuck with it and it's what everyone calls me now. kind of rock with it also because people assume i'm a women less so i'm #showingthepatriarchywhoseboss but TBH with changing my name, you should just do it. like people will attach whatever ideas to your name change even if it's just from kevin--> kev or as jurrastic from kevin-->gabriel so you should just live your life. names are names, i understand the signifgances and nunaces to having certain names, and i would never deny anyone those, but when you change your name, you're not getting rid of the old one, you're just evolving. IMPORTANT: in changing your name, you are not wiping your past you're creating a new future. is that corny?
Dec 24, 2024
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May 23, 2025
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If you have an ipad (and possibly apple pencil): Paper (Freemium), Procreate, which is paid (and similar, like ibis paint, which is freemium), Goodnotes, freemium (and similar, like freenotes or notes+, which should be both free)
Apple devices: Freeform (free), Ibis Paint
Any device: Canva (freemium), shuffle by pinterest (i never tried it but i think it works, not paid but i'm not sure if it's freemium or free) and i think 17v28 too (i think freemium)
May 19, 2025
I finished my old one, bought a new one and decorated it with stickerssss (i love stickers)
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