These guidelines should be applied to all articles, including non-biographical articles and articles not about the person being discussed.
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.
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
Before using a transgender person's former or legal name consider only mentioning it instead.
When mentioning a transgender persons former or legal name, it may make more sense for it to be include in a footnote using the {{efn}} 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.
Before mentioning a transgender person's former or legal name, consider not including it at all.
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.
When both a transgender person's current name and a former name are mentioned the current name should be mentioned the former name.
Out-of-date, pre-coming-out photos of transgender should not be used unless the person's pre-coming-out appearance is well-known, notable, and relevant.
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
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.
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.
