got an odd question for all you lovely #trans folk, and it's about signatures. I've got about 30 years at least of habit behind my current signature, which to be fair doesn't much resemble a name, but it's still pretty clearly not based on "Kara Dreamer". what's others' experience, if any, with changing signatures?
@iliana ah! I admit it took me about ten seconds to name myself (since I was already firmly identifying with Chara Dreemurr by that time) but inventing a signature might take longer
@kara_dreamer I never put any stock in my signature, so changing just meant writing the new name in a similar style.
My last one had more flourishes though.
@Cybertrash my deadname signature was a conscious imitation of my dad's scribble, so it's got that bit of symbolic weight to it. this time I'm on my own 🤣
@kara_dreamer We only had a minute to decide on our pretransition signiture. So changing it was a breeze cause we loved our new one.
@Freylet ah, that's quite cool!
@kara_dreamer I've been changing mine very slowly and gradually, but it helps that I kept my initials, last name, and many of the letters in my first name.
@listelian been of mixed mind about keeping my surname. at the moment I'm inclined to keep it, though I share it with a lot of people I don't like...
@kara_dreamer No trans name change but changed surname after marriage - at first you write it kind of neatly/slowly and then after a year or two it becomes a fast scribbled mess just like the old name.
@kara_dreamer for me, I had some anxiety about it until I found a way to sign my new name that I liked, and then it just stuck
(the name itself stuck in a similar way, so)