Talk:Josie Totah

He is a boy not a girl. That’s disgusting. No way he made that shi. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A01:5A8:319:21A4:6CD0:CA7C:E8CE:7D64 (talk) 11:31, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Recent revelation of male to female transgender

According to MOS:GENDERID: Give precedence to self-designation as reported in the most up-to-date reliable sources, even when it doesn't match what's most common in reliable sources. As such, we should be referring to this person as Josie and using "she" pronouns in this BLP article. What we should not do, however, is change previous credits. If she guest starred in an episode of some TV series back in 2015 and was credited as J.J. Totah, it should stay as J.J. Totah per MOS:TVCAST. Amaury (talk | contribs) 02:44, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

@Amaury: Taking it upon myself to revert various edits among various pages that have changed established credits. One question though: what is to be done in the case of Magic Camp? The film was completed back when Totah was still publicly identifying as male (and the character she plays in the film is male) but by the time it theoretically comes out next year, she could be credited by her new female name. We simply do not have any sources right now to confirm what the official credit will be. Any thoughts on what should be done there? – BoogerD (talk) 04:13, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

For now, go with what name reliable sourcing used during filming. Once the film is released, if she is credited as Josie Totah, then her name should be updated per the credits. Amaury (talk | contribs) 04:15, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

I know this is old, but an edit related to her popped up on my watchlist so I'm a bit confused: The guideline as of 2023 (probably a bit before but it's what's currently on the page) is "In articles on works or other activity by a living trans or non-binary person before transition, use their current name as the primary name (in prose, tables, lists, infoboxes, etc.), unless they prefer their former name be used for past events." Does she prefer her former name be used for past events? (I've had this discussion elsewhere before but I still am seeking to understand better how this situation fits with that guideline (i.e. regarding why there is consensus for some credits of hers to not do it).) - Purplewowies (talk) 20:37, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 June 2019

change the "she's" to "he". FLGBTQ (talk) 00:02, 11 June 2019 (UTC)

 Not done: Totah identifies as female - "he" is not a proper pronoun for a female. See also MOS:GENDERID DannyS712 (talk) 00:25, 11 June 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 31 May 2020

The short description was supposed to say "American Actress". 69.196.139.144 (talk) 23:30, 31 May 2020 (UTC)

 Done JTP ^{(talk • contribs)} 00:04, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 August 2020

In the last line of the fourth paragraph of the Career section ("Totah was caset in a Saved by the Bell reboot that was ordered to series at NBC's streaming service, Peacock. She was cast as Lexi, a socially powerful cheerleader."), change the spelling of "caset" to "cast". 10qpal (talk) 05:43, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

 Done. ◢  Ganbaruby!  (Say hi!) 06:35, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 February 2021

Totah will be playing CJ in Moxie. 45.72.212.38 (talk) 23:24, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 01:16, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

 Already done Also added a ref to the filmography table. Caius G. (talk) 20:48, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 14 March 2021

Change Josie Totah, also known as J. J. Totah, is an American actress to Josie Totah is an American actress. Libapp 179 (talk) 20:19, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

 Partly done: Changed to "formerly known as". Caius G. (talk) 20:47, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

Add a new picture

The first picture to pop up when googling Josie should not be one from before the transition, please add a new picture. Rosalíaa.gc (talk) 21:12, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 1 October 2022

Please remove Josie Torah’s deadname from this article. It is not necessary to deadname a trans person in one of the first sentences in the article. They are called Josie now, that is their name, no need to use an old one. The article already states she is a trans woman and has her most popular roles listed for reference. TLDR: Deadnaming is unnecessary EmmaDaEnbee (talk) 05:38, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: Per WP:DEADNAME, we'll include the deadname once if they were notable before their transition. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 13:00, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

What she came out as

Twice in the article we say that she came out as a trans (or transgender) woman in August 2018. However, the Time article we're using not just as a source, but as the announcement itself, doesn't use that phrasing; she says she's coming out a transgender female. Given that she was about 17 at the time (in the range of ages where whether you're a "woman" or a "girl" depends on context), this makes sense. But if we're stating that she came out, we should be accurate about her identification. rather than placing our own assumptions upon her. (It might be different if we were saying she is a transgender woman, but we're specifically saying she came out as...) --Nat Gertler (talk) 00:43, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

Image

Hi, please add an Image for Josie. This article is missing an image and I think it needs one. 174.95.100.231 (talk) 06:29, 3 October 2023 (UTC)