Talk:Bruce Jenner/@comment-24322797-20160504141605

quick gender bullshit that i was hoping to get some thoughts on

"As Bruce, he appeared with his family on the popular reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians, later revealing in a Diane Sawyer interview that he is transgender and identifies as female."

so clearly we're referring to pre-transition Caitlyn (Bruce) and that's why the use of "he" is in place here. However, this is still referring to someone with a differed preferred gender pronoun, and the context of this sentence is written as if we're referring to something someone did by the gender they still currently go by.

IE: "he appeared with his family"

basically what I'm saying is, since this is referring to a person who identifies as "she," but referring to them in a timeframe where she was known as "he," it would likely be best to replace the male gender pronouns with "they" so that it basically refers to both past and present by keeping the name un-gender'd

To rest any concerns, using "they" is proper grammar.

"they

pronoun

2.

used to refer to a person of unspecified sex."

tldr consider replacing the "he"'s in that sentence with "they" as it's still proper grammar but keeps the alias un-gender'd

im fuckin tired so this might not have turned out as cohesive as I intended pls forgive