Texting your mom during Pride Month after you see a viral...

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1. There's a viral pic of Mom at Pride holding my deadname.
2. Send it right now.
3. TikTok exploded; someone tagged her handle in comments.
4. What exactly does the sign say?
5. It says 'Proud of my child — my deadname' in huge letters.
6. Did she tag you or mention your name?
7. No tag, but comments are calling it an outing.
8. Did you text her asking why?
9. She replied 'I had to make it clear' then deleted.
10. Make clear of what?
11. She wrote 'so people would recognize who I was there for'.
12. That sounds intentional, not accidental.
13. Someone DM'd me a screenshot of her Facebook post.
14. What's on the Facebook post caption?
15. Caption read 'then and now' with my deadname in it.