Wikipedia changes my gender more than I do

[Hazumu]

Unlike the journalism world, in which the Associated Press stylebook has a concrete answer on how to handle these sorts of things, there is no official "style" on gender matters, or many other topics on Wikipedia. (Until just a few years ago, however, it was one's anatomy or legal status that dictated AP's assignment of pronouns. In recent years, though, the Associated Press and other news organizations have adopted policies that transgender individuals should be referred to with the pronouns with which they themselves identify.)

In the unique world of Wikipedia, an article's contents can be changed repeatedly. That means that on matters that are in contention (and apparently my gender is one of those), things don't get settled but remain in flux. There's only one person who absolutely can't weigh in--the subject themselves.

While I find it somewhat confusing to have to log in each day to see what gender I am supposed to be, I have found the debate interesting.

How is your personal life considered tech news? Be professional and write about something tehnical rather than your choice of gender.

[soldierjane]

Ina may not have to worry much more, the article is slated for deletion at WP.

In regards to WP bios, someone's transsexualism should be just a footnote, and that only if it's relevant (let's say, to explain how a guy joined a women-only college, how a woman can have books under a male name). The problem is those that can't seem to accept our transitions: they will outright ignore them (refer to us by birth gender pronouns regardless) or make a sort of compromise and refer to us with correct pronouns only after the moment we have transitioned.
I hope the more that people know about what being a transitioning trans person entails, they will learn to respect our identities and the fact that, however muddled, we have always had them, not just since Elizabeth became Joey (or vice-versa) in the eyes of society.