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WP policies relevant to my revert on mainpage.[edit]

In my diff comment, I directed readers to the relevant policies, but I linked to the wrong ones. The policies explaining why the cited blog cannot be used as a source on the mainpage are:

WP:Verifiability, especially the section on Self-published sources
WP:Biographies of living people, especially the section on Avoid self-published sources, which reads "Never use self-published sources – including but not limited to books, zines, websites, blogs, and tweets – as sources of material about a living person, unless written or published by the subject".

— James Cantor (talk) 18:32, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Pronouns aren't clear[edit]

According to Anne's own published work, they identify as a man. In, "Men in Men's Bodies" they say that they find it "doubtful" that "any MtF transsexual can be described as women." The basis for the use of their pronouns seems to be that they are a transsexual but it contradicts their own view of their gender. Without a source explicitly stating their pronouns, I think it would be best to defer to Wikipedia's Manual of Style/Gender identity re: best practices, point 6: "use of the Singular they in cases where gender identity is in question".

24.141.118.159 (talk) 17:32, 1 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

She does not identify as a man. That quote comes from here, page 1. Part of the quote was left off; what she says is, "...described as women in men's bodies". She is criticizing a particular view of what it is to be transgender. In that same book, she refers to post-transition trans women with feminine pronouns (see page 5 for an example). She refers to herself with the same pronouns on her website. There is no doubt that feminine pronouns are the ones preferred by her for herself and others like her. Crossroads ^-talk- 01:44, 3 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]