Talk:Jan Morris

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What's the protocol for personal pronouns for people who have changed expressed gender? I generally call someone "she" if she wants to be seen as female, and "he" if he wants to be seen as male, whatever they wish. But in this article we are dealing with the history of someone who wanted to be seen as male at one time, and then later wanted to be seen as female. Should we use "he" for the early history and "she" for the later, in the same article? Maybe polite, but a bit confusing! The Guardian article I cited has the same problem, and does exactly this. Emrys2 07:01, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

I think it's not so much protocol as basic good manners to do as you do! As for the article: I'm not a transsexual, but it seems to me at any rate that it's got the pronouns just right. garik 00:38, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Orientation

Would it be accurate to categorize Ms. Morris as a lesbian? She is now biologically female and is still married to her wife from before the operation. If no one objects, I'm going to add her to the category of lesbian writers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.37.166.168 (talk • contribs)

Hello there. I do not wish to start an argument and I think you may have a point there. I have not conducted a major search, but I can find no citation that Jan Morris identifies as a lesbian and we have to be careful with biographies of living people. I am gong to remove her from this category for now as your argument, while interesting, is original research at the moment. Best regards. 195.137.96.79 23:00, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

I agree. After all, she may consider herself bisexual. Describing her as LGBT is enough. garik 00:14, 21 June 2007 (UTC)