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Misunderstanding of policies
The guideline you quoted says that we recognize that Lilah Sturges is and always was female (because she says so), and we refer to her by the name "Lilah Sturges" (because that is her name). But that does not mean that we erase every reference to the fact that she was formerly named "Matthew", because that name was part of her notability. WP:BIRTHNAME says: 'In the case of transgender and non-binary people, birth names should be included in the lead sentence only when the person was notable prior to coming out .' Lilah Sturges is an example of this: she was a credited and acclaimed writer under the name "Matthew Sturges", so it is necessary that we include that name in the article about her, just as we would with the former name of anyone else well-known under their previous name. -Jason A. Quest (talk) 04:20, 25 December 2017 (UTC)