Does any Asian here still use their girl nickname or is it just me?
Theres a naming culture in SEA, and I'm Thai for context. We rarely use our legal name and use mostly the nicknames we're given. Mine was Sonia which is very feminine and something I used my entire life. When I first started transitioning I wanted to throw it away mostly cause people were slow to pick up my new name and nickname. But with time I honestly started caring less. To some I'm my legal name, my new nickname or Sonia, and I'm kinda chill with it? People still treat me as a guy regardless. I'm a guy who's sometimes Sonia. I only allow my close family members call me that, if anybody else said it, would feel like dead naming. Maybe that's weird of me too?
For others, being referred to a feminine nickname is frustrating and disrespectful. And it's perfectly reasonable. But I feel weird/guilty that I dont feel the same way.