Deadnaming A Trans Person Is Violence -So Why Does The Media Do It Anyway?

Here is a story about the power to name. Transgender people choose new names but the media uses its power to keep bringing up the old name. Why is someone’s “first” name given by their parents seen as more “real” than the current name they chose for themselves?

https://theestablishment.co/deadnaming-a-trans-person-is-violence-so-why-does-the-media-do-it-anyway-19500eda4b4#.jw46pejdg