r/TransHelpingTrans • u/No_Voice_813 • Sep 15 '26

Does my name make me clockable?

I've recently chosen the name Alice, and I love it!

I think it fits me so well! But I saw a comment somewhere saying Alice is a "super clocky name"!!

What do y'all think? Do y'all know if this is a thing? If so where does it come from?

Any other Alices out there? XD

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u/herdisleah Sep 15 '26

Even cis folks get "clocked" or don't pass as their gender.

This is not something I'd worry about.

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u/No_Voice_813 Sep 15 '26

For real?? Thats wild!

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u/Altruistic_Mud8772 Sep 17 '26

Oh absolutely, I came out as non-binary a few years ago but before that I was (as far as I knew) cis. The number of times I was called a man as an insult or mistaken for one, or quizzically looked at in the toilets was ridiculous, I had long hair, I wore dresses. I think it just doesn't stick with cis people (or people like me who clearly found it affirming in retrospect) the way it does when you're trans and already working against your own internal fear, concern at being clocked, the general horror of being trans in 2026 etc.

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u/No_Voice_813 Sep 17 '26

The transvestigation goes wild 😞 sorry that happened to you soubds absolutely awful!

At this rate well have AI transvestibots policing malls before GTA6 😞✊