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 * 1) These guidelines should be applied to all articles, including non-biographical articles and articles not about the person being discussed.
 * 2) In general, give precedence to self-designation as reported in the most up-to-date reliable sources, even when it doesn't match what is most common in reliable sources. When a person's gender self-designation may come as a surprise to readers, explain it without overemphasis on first occurrence in an article.
 * 3) Any person whose gender might be questioned should be referred to by the pronouns, possessive adjectives, and gendered nouns (for example "man/woman", "waiter/waitress", "chairman/chairwoman") that reflect that person's latest expressed gender self-identification. This applies in references to any phase of that person's life, unless the subject has indicated a preference otherwise
 * 4) Consider the use-mention distinction.
 * 5) Before using a transgender person's former or legal name consider only mentioning it instead.
 * 6) When mentioning a transgender persons former or legal name, it may make more sense for it to be include in a footnote using the  template instead of inline, for example, to maintain the flow of a sentence or maintain readability, or to clarify something to a reader that is not necessarily encyclopedic in nature.
 * 7) Before mentioning a transgender person's former or legal name, consider not including it at all.
 * 8) If a transgender subject's former or legal name is not well known or widely reported, don't include it, even if it appears in a few reliable sources.
 * 9) When both a transgender person's current name and a former name are mentioned the current name should be mentioned the former name.
 * 10) Out-of-date, pre-coming-out photos of transgender should not be used unless the person's pre-coming-out appearance is well-known, notable, and relevant.
 * 11) Such photos should also generally not be used as lead images for biographical articles and if no other photos are available it may be better to have no lead image
 * 12) If an agreement can't be reached over which pronouns to use for a subject, rewriting to avoid pronouns altogether may be considered. However, this is generally an awkward solution and should only be done as a last resort.
 * 13) Historical figures who's last gender expression and lifestyle differed are well documented to have differed from that they were assigned at birth and lasted for a significant amount of time should be considered to have made a self-designation and the policies that normally apply to individuals who more usually do so should be followed.