@binoclard@octodon.social yes, it is worth the risk; it is much easier in academia if your name (and email!) match what you actually go by because that stuff gets cemented in people's contact infos and can be hard to change

(if your email does not match your name you might want to consider filing a support ticket to have it changed before a bunch of people start using it professionally)

my guess is your professors will be chill about it but if they aren't it's better to find that out sooner rather than later

formality/professionalism can be a help not a hindrance here because it reduces the appropriateness of invasive personal questions. if someone is bothering you just be like “excuse me but my gender identity is not why we are here”. don't be a jerk about it, but be unyielding