#introduction: my battles
I was the first trans person to change my name on already-published research papers. I didn't think I was the first when I did it, which helped.
I'm part of the Name Change Policy Working Group (https://ncpwg.org) to make this easier for others. Many journals now allow name changes.
Google Scholar refuses to call trans authors by their names, or even talk to trans people. I made https://scholar.hasfailed.us. Google should either listen to us or shut down Scholar.
@arborelia It drives me up the wall that when you look for one of my papers google scholar will show my name and my old one
@Cyborgneticz and it probably ranks your results lower than cis people's, also!
@Cyborgneticz @arborelia i hazard a guess that cis people that changed their names don't get their papers edited to include their birth names or maiden names
@arborelia yes!!! drives me up the wall