Originally Posted by
Asta Kask
The way I understand it, and I'm not a trans person, just asking about it at all is rude. I've heard it talked about as 'birth name', but it can have a lot of very unpleasant emotional baggage associated with it. Better just leave it alone. Personally I don't see that it's my business, really. And I hate an unsatisfied curisoity more than most people.