Talk:Toyen

message: Please do not attempt to change the pronouns without understanding how the Czech language works, or indeed what language the artist spoke with! Toyen referred to herself in masculine form as a painter because there is no neutral form in Czech. It is either 'female painter' or 'male painter'. Many women artist did this so the critics and visitor could not identify + automatically label them based on their sex.
Same goes for her name. Every name + surname in Czech is gendered, and it is thus impossible to use your given name without giving away your sex.
To correct way to refer to Toyen in English is she/her. 
There is no proof Toyen spoke any Russian, she was Czech. 
^ In response to above: We can't know Toyen's gender, but we do know they spoke of themself in the masculine case. Even if masculine and feminine are the only two options in Czech, the choice of masculine over feminine suggests Toyen would not want to be addressed in the feminine. A case could be made for gender neutral language, but many editors of this page disagree 'the correct way to refer to Toyen is she/her'. Lewishhh (talk) 15:19, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gender Identity 

message: I'm not totally sure what is up with this (and I have never actually edited anything on Wikipedia before), but I noticed that the biography is currently a jumbled mess, much of which looks to be copied and pasted from a translation website with no formatting whatsoever. There is also inconsistency about which pronouns are being used, etc. I'm still trying to learn how to be a helpful contributor on Wikipedia, but I thought it might be worth tagging for now so that other editors can help. 2001:1438:1016:1B6D:C070:BF2B:AE30:9674 (talk) 15:06, 5 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lack of headings, jumbled biography, inconsistent pronoun usage, etc. 

message: There are no records of Toyen referring to herself as he/him. She used male nouns because every noun in the Czech language is gendered, and can be either male or female but not neutral. 
Toyen never gave up her name and was still referred to as 'Manka' (aka Mary) by her friends and colleagues. She used the name Toyen professionally, not in her personal life. 
I'm certainly not the only person who has mentioned this. Toyen used he/him pronouns. Changed his name. So, if he did this while alive, who are we to decide wether to change it or not in a Wikipedia article? If Toyen chose not to use his Dead Name, why should it be written here? If someone needs to do research on this artist, they won't need Toyen's birth name for anything because he didn't use it. So why leave it here? And why keep denying the fact that he didn't identify as a woman by saying that he "dressed as a man and preferred male pronouns"? It's just nonsense. 
Worst part? Tags below say "LGBT artist" when Wikipedia is being terribly transphobic.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Putripunki (talk • contribs) 13:06, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Transphobia in Toyen's page 

message: Presenting Toyen's nationality as Austro-Hungarian is a incorrect. The austro-hungarian empire does not exist since October 28, 1918. Toyen came to Paris with a Czechoslovak passport, since she lived in the Czech part of Czechoslovakia before  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.120.240.24 (talk) 12:27, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps it should say both, as when Toyen was born it was Austria-Hungary and then became Czechoslovakia when they were 16. Lewishhh (talk) 13:24, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Toyen's Nationality