Dead Name
A stirring, 50-minute film, “Dead Name," released today on Vimeo , profiles three families and is best described as an intimate portrait of those whose lives have been upended by an ideology that has unleashed deep confusion and division. (In the interest of full disclosure, this Christian Post reporter appears in the film as a contributor, having extensively interacted with such families.) In the transgender sphere, calling someone by their “dead name” means referring to them by their birth name, not their newly chosen name. Dead Name Trailer Their self-selected name is often the first step in the trans-identification process. Parents of transgender-identifying children are usually pained to hear that the name they chose for their child is “dead.” Filmmaker Taylor Reece titled the documentary this way because it is emblematic of the entire spectrum of problems parents face. After a name change, a trans-identifying child starts to blot out their entire identity. After ...