Yes, but that doesn't answer the question I asked. I'm going to have the
PoV character refer to the trans girl with he/him pronouns and either first
deadname or first-deadinitial-and-an-em-dash-or-two until the PoV character
learns better (and a bit beyond that, tbh, bc PoV char has some transphobia
to deal with). The question is, formatting like "Michael" is probably less
confusing to the readers than formatting like "M——", but
"M——" is probably more respectful to the character and to trans
readers than "Michael"; which do I prioritize?
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Yes, but that doesn't answer the question I asked. I'm going to have the PoV character refer to the trans girl with he/him pronouns and either first deadname or first-deadinitial-and-an-em-dash-or-two until the PoV character learns better (and a bit beyond that, tbh, bc PoV char has some transphobia to deal with). The question is, formatting like "Michael" is probably less confusing to the readers than formatting like "M——", but "M——" is probably more respectful to the character and to trans readers than "Michael"; which do I prioritize?
:)