# Good for you, CNN. (edit teen suicide/gender identity)

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [January 2, 2015, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-for-you-cnn-edit-teen-suicide-gender-identity/708743 "2015-01-02T04:16:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-for-you-cnn-edit-teen-suicide-gender-identity/708743/6 "2015-01-02T10:37:29Z")

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> [@Jragon](#):
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> Too bad that her parents using that name and those pronouns directly contributed to her suicide.

Because that was his name. You don’t get to choose your name when you’re a teenager - your name is the name you were given when you were born. I’d no more be justified in insisting that the entire world refer to me as “Smapti” simply because I prefer it in certain contexts to my given name.

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