LinkedIn Banned A Trans Woman For Using Her Preferred Name
LinkedIn Banned A Trans Woman For Using Her Preferred Name
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LinkedIn Banned A Trans Woman For Using Her Preferred Name
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Funny, their policy allows you to use your "preferred professional name":
The name fields of your profile name may only include the first, middle, and last names of your real or preferred professional name, plus your preferred pronouns. When registering on our site, LinkedIn does not allow members to use pseudonyms, fake names, business names, associations, groups, email addresses, or special characters that do not reflect your real or preferred professional name.
Although if you read the user agreement it contradicts that and says that you agree to
Use your real name on your profile
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I think it's perfectly reasonable to argue that "real" name doesn't mean "legal" name (unless stated elsewhere in the agreement). "Real" should refer to non-fraudulent, not a pseudonym, etc. A trans person's "preferred" name is their real name for these purposes. I hope this youtuber gets this decision reversed asap.
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You could argue that but I think most people would agree that "real name" means "legal name" (or some obvious shortening/variation of it).
Still, they've contradicted their own "real name" policy so it doesn't really matter.
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And yet Rafael "Ted" Cruz still uses his preferred name.