The general wisdom is to use the person’s current identification and project it into the past. He was always Elliot. We didn’t know then, but we know that now.
Some individuals will have a different understanding of their personal journey. (I was a boy then, but now I’m a woman)
Personally I struggle with referring to child me as a girl. I didn’t look like a girl or act like a stereotypical girl, and certainly wasn’t treated as a girl. But I don’t think I was really a boy either.
I do prefer for people to use my name now about past me, not my name then.
The general wisdom is to use the person’s current identification and project it into the past. He was always Elliot. We didn’t know then, but we know that now.
Some individuals will have a different understanding of their personal journey. (I was a boy then, but now I’m a woman)
Personally I struggle with referring to child me as a girl. I didn’t look like a girl or act like a stereotypical girl, and certainly wasn’t treated as a girl. But I don’t think I was really a boy either.
I do prefer for people to use my name now about past me, not my name then.