In a frankly creepy overreach of authority, Facebook is going after sisters and drag queens, requiring that they use their “real names” or else risk getting booted from the site. In some cases they’ve requested users send in a copy of their drivers license to prove a name is legit.
The issue was brought to our attention by San Francisco drag personality Sister Roma, who has been forced to change her personal profile to Michael Williams — a name few even know.
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Here’s a newsflash for you, FB: There are a million reasons why someone would choose to self-identify with a name other than the one that’s printed on their birth certificate. And really, it’s absolutely none of your business in the first place.
Which is perfectly summed up by some of the responses Sister Roma has received to her post :
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We know Facebook just rolled out gender-neutral family options, so clearly they’re trying to appear sensitive to nonconforming identities. So what’s with the name police?
They should just change their legal names then? Facebook did nothing wrong.
It costs a shitload of money, and i don't want to pay a shitload of money for a name, not to mention that drag queens should have every right, as performers.
Facebook literally still stomps on every other social media site. You sound like one of those Tumblr users that doesn't go on anymore because 'old people invaded xP'.
