#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.
If you know a #Google employee, ask them what they are doing to shut down Google Scholar.
It is one of the few places on the Internet where calling a trans person by their deadname is standard and expected. The other places are hate sites and the New York Times.
I focus on the "shutting down Google Scholar" option now, more than the "listening to trans people" option.
We know by now Google is terrible at listening to trans people that aren't Google FTEs, but they're very good at shutting things down.
@arborelia And they’ve gotten considerably worse at listening to their trans FTEs over the years. 😮💨 (I was one of them in the past, before they starting doing tons of shit that was too far beyond my ethical line in the sand.)
@arborelia if there's one thing that Google's good at, it's shutting down services.