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 == Gender Pronoun Issue == 

 This article, while informative, is a bit difficult to follow.  The reason is the switching of gender use from main biological designation to self-determined gender identity (though sadly, in this case, that identity was a little shaky.) 

 I'm not here to pass judgement on a person who was forced to live a lie, and was brutally murdered.  The facts of the story are harrowing and bleak. 

 However, this is an Encyclopedia of sorts, a damn good one in my opinion.  And I do question the pronoun usage - it makes the article confusing at first run.  I understand that there is a ""pronoun reclamation"" movement going on in the LGBT community, and that it is being led by American youth and spreading to colleges nation-wide.  I went to Hampshire College - I understand these things. And I applaud young persons shifting social norms and working for justice. 

 But can new language usage be forced upon a readership?  I'm not certain it can, certainly not without some confusion.  What are the literary precedents for dealing with this new usage - is there a general consensus with regards to academic writing?  I'm curious. 

 I don't know what the solve is, and I'm conflicted about the entire idea of pronoun re-assignment.  I have very rigid ideas about grammar.   But my problem with the article is honestly simply one of parsing information in the quickest manner possible.  And I thought it pertinent to express my confusion in contrast to the Edit Request made by a certain other gentlemen."