I have attempted to make a Facebook account for my femme self, but it seems not long afterwards my account gets disabled. They wanted me to submit my ID and a photo of myself to verify my "authentic identity." I have also read that Facebook will sometimes force people to change their name to their authentic name just to keep their account.

There are obvious security and privacy concerns with this, especially for individuals like us and transgendered people, but also for women (and men) being stalked/harassed by exes and creepers.

I don't know how my account keeps getting flagged, but it might be one of the groups I joined. But what is the point of being on Facebook if I can't join any groups to allow my CD identity show?