"The new section, which is currently only present on Google's Hindi support pages, reads: "If you'd like, you can change your Google Account email address that ends in gmail.com to a new email address that ends in gmail.com." When users change their email address, the old handle will reportedly become an 'alias' address, meaning that emails sent to the old address will automatically forward to the new one."
"Google notes that users who change their address will be unable to create a new email address for 12 months and will be unable to delete the new handle. If fully implemented, the change could allow trans users to remove their deadname - a name commonly given to them at birth which may not match their correct gender identity - from their email address without having to create a completely new account."
Google is rolling out an update that will allow users to change their gmail.com address to a new gmail.com address. The original gmail handle will become an alias so emails sent to the old address automatically forward to the new one. Users who change their address cannot create another new email for 12 months and cannot delete the new handle. The change could enable trans users to remove deadnames from their email handles without creating a new account. Gmail already permits changing display names, but the inability to change handles has forced some users to consider creating separate accounts despite stored data in Google services.
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