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are both nonbinary, so we’re both pretending to be something that we are not. It feels like we have to do that with any housing situation, just in case. I am pretty sure my landlord has no idea.
-Kendall, mixed race, nonbinary undergraduate
I’m trans and I use a name that is not my legal name. I used that name on my sublease application when I moved in. The landlord didn’t say anything, but it was scary wondering what could happen. Is he going to find out that I’m holding a lease under a name that’s not my legal name? Will we lose the house because it's a violation of something? I don't know.
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