I got through to someone

there's a file called "CITATION.cff" that I could use to automatically define my correct name on Zenodo, instead of them getting it from some linked account somewhere

unfortunately, that is one of the forms of metadata that SWHeritage wants to make _cryptographically immutable_.

Name metadata […]

fwiw I just checked Zenodo, which I hadn't done in a while. They had a name on my recent ftfy releases that _is_ my name, but not how I want to be cited. My name is confusing and multifaceted, and I want to remove confusion by having one specific name to be cited by, which is my maiden name.

I […]

I know this may seem like kind of small ball, with all the threats to trans people ou there, but this is my lane

When trans people try to get recognized for their work, it's a death by a thousand cuts. Every website and organization that says "no" is one of those cuts.

And every place that […]

safeguard research _for who_?

I don't feel very safe about my status in research