@matejcik @Mainebot There's nothing stopping people from using their official or assigned-at-birth (I refuse to call them "real") names on decentralized social media. I use mine on Mastodon, and I could use mine on Diaspora if I wanted.

Try typing "Matthew Graybosch" into Mastodon's search field, and you'll see my accounts on various instances.

I think the real "issue" is that there is nothing FORCING people to use their official/assigned-at-birth names on decentralized networks.