What's that all about then? The only examples I can think of off the top of my head are kd lang or bell hooks. I did a Google and nothing much came up, just stuff about identity and language being a construct or something, but that sounds a bit fussy. I wondered coz basically half the people in this article do it so maybe it's an LGBT* thing idk about? not sure http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34901704