(CW: mentions of the state of the country) I will not go back to using my deadname to get to a safer country.

I want to rant about this because my mom saying this kinda bugged me. My dad's side of the family is very Greek and because of the way the US is looking, my mom wants me and my sibling to get our Greek passports, so we have somewhere to flee to if it gets too unsafe. The problem is that in Greece it's illegal to change your name legally and they will look to see what your birth name is, and whatever your birthname is what gets put on the passport. And now that I'm out of the closet and have been openly trans for years, I would rather die standing up for who I am then go back to using a name that doesn't fit me or who I am. my family does have some German history on both sides and I'm hoping that it's enough to get my German passport so that I can have somewhere to go if I am worried about my own safety. if not, my backup plan is Canada but I kinda want to be overseas. IDK if this makes sense but I'm also really terrified.