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Everyone calls me by the wrong name. Even my family. My name is James. They all call me David. I corrected them. They got angry. They said: Stop playing games. You're David. I showed them my ID. Says James. They said: You forged that. My birth certificate says James. They said: You're lying. Now when I talk, nobody hears James. They hear David. My bank account changed to David. My passport changed. Even my childhood photos now show David. But I remember being James. I'm the only on