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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2022-03-31 12:00 pm
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[personal profile] calimac 2022-03-31 06:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Usually this problem comes up in feature articles about private individuals who have transitioned. When a person with a public image does this, it's usually clearer. When Elliot Page announced his transition, articles weren't shy about informing readers that he was already well-known under a different name, and gave it; but once that was an established fact, they dropped the name (except in reference: e.g. Wikipedia gives it, as it should: not everything can be changed retroactively, and future readers will want to get the facts).