Genuine question: I understand the need to use the correct pronoun after the person has transitioned, but what about when talking about the person prior to their transition?
Take Manning for example. When she leaked all the stuff, as far as I am aware, she identified as a man, so is it correct to refer to her as a man when talking about those actions or, since transitioning, is it necessary to retrospectively associate all of her actions to "her" instead of "him".
Please excuse any ignorance, but this is the kind of question that would have got me a ban on REEEE, so I have no point of reference here.