Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-1827503-20161031103701

Over the past few days, the Survivor community has learned that Zeke Smith is transgender.

Because Zeke has not addressed his transition in any Survivor-related media, his page has been locked for the time being. There are enough pre-Survivor sources to prove he was indeed born female, but the admins have not decided on how to handle this situation.

'''These guidelines are not official policy, because there has not been ample time to review them. Please follow the tentative guidelines anyway, as the official policy is likely to be similar.'''


 * As currently written, the Manual of Style addresses pronouns for post-Survivor transitions, but not for pre-Survivor transitions. Until further notice, Zeke is to be referred to with the same pronouns used for any other male Survivor contestant, except when noted below.
 * It is permissible to include a sourced reference to Zeke's birth sex on his own page and on the page. However, both pages are locked as of the time being.
 * Until Zeke's transition is addressed onscreen, his transition is irrelevant to all other contestants, as it is assumed that they do not know or suspect he is transgender. Because of this, it should not be mentioned on contestant/episode/challenge pages.
 * Zeke's birth name cannot be mentioned on the wiki, except if approved by an admin or bureaucrat. If an admin or bureaucrat adds Zeke birth name and is not reverting to an earlier version of the page, it is assumed they approve the addition.
 * Editors are not to use birth sex as a qualifier for trivia if it would likely be seen as discriminatory.
 * These rules also apply to Phillipine contestant Justine Ferrer and all other pre-Survivor transitions, substituting "male" for "female" and vice versa when necessary.

tl;dr: Treat Zeke as you would treat any other male contestant.

'''This thread exists both to discuss and amend the guidelines. Non-admins are welcome to join in.''' 