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 ::Unless I'm missing something, D'Eon died legally female according to the law of France and of Great Britain, and was only discovered to have been biologically male post mortem. Moreover, TopazStar's claim that 'it is proper grammer to refer to something with an unknown gender as ""he""' is simply false in English. It is also highly misleading to suggest that essential feature of transgender identity is 'intent to make a political statement'; most transpeople intend nothing of the sort. I have no idea whether D'Eon did or not, but it's irrelevant. My personal feeling is that the article should reflect the contemporary legal situation, but I'd rather discuss that here than get into an edit war.   "