Remi Laboucane says memories of being bullied were finally fading, memories so awful he switched schools.

He was graduating from high school this summer, ready for life’s next chapter, when he opened his yearbook to see that he and other transgender students at Foothills Composite High School in Okotoks, Alta., had been deadnamed.

“It was just a nightmare,” the 18-year-old said in an interview.

Deadnaming refers to the name a transgender person was given at birth but no longer uses after transitioning.{ai:summary}<p>Remi Laboucane, overcoming past trauma, faces new challenge of being deadnamed in high school yearbook. #society</p>

Alberta transgender teen takes action after being deadnamed in yearbook

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