Dear Richard Madeley: ‘My transgender brother is furious with my choice of baby name’
telegraph.co.uk— AnonOr should I write, Dear Juliet? Because she had this one down cold four centuries ago. “What’s in a name?” she wonders. “That which we call a rose/By any other name would smell as sweet.” Romeo would still be her heart’s desire if he were Romeo Bloggs – the fact that as things stand he is the scion of a family that’s bitterly feuding with her own may raise certain practical obstacles, but it means absolutely nothing in the true and tender realms of the heart.Your baby girl.
Due when? Soon, I’m guessing. Call her what you like! (What’s in a name?) And tell your brother to grow up. There’s already one baby on the way.You say he had full family support during his trans journey.
Well, support flows both ways. Tell him how important it is to you to honour your ancestor. And why shouldn’t you? Is this valued family figure – part of ALL your collective pasts – destined to become a sort of non-person simply because of your brother?As for him refusing to speak to you over this… well, really.
