Talk:Maddie Blaustein

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[edit] Madeleine's gender

How is it possible for Blaustein to be a woman? He voices Solomon Muto in Yu-Gi-Oh! with a fairly deep voice. How is it possible for a woman to pull that off? Unless Madeleine Blaustein and Adam Blaustein are two different people. Geg 16:13, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

I was a little confused over that at first, too. Her voice as Arngrim in Valkyrie Profile and Sabrina's father in Pokémon are very deep and would seem impossible for a woman to pull off. After seeing her bio on this site, I guess that helps explain some of her unusual vocal characteristics for a woman, though. EmperorBrandon 18:17, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Blaustein is a man. If you watch the video commentary for Pokemon 4ever you will hear many times Blaustein refered to as a man. I am going to edit this page to correct this mistake.

And yet an interview with her [1] (Google cache), the link I already posted above, and databases (such as IMDb) clearly refer to her as a woman. I don't know what exactly is said on that commentary (was it stated by Blaustein?), but there needs to be more proof than that before editing. EmperorBrandon 20:15, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

It's an understandably confusing issue, but basically, Maddie Blaustein is transgender (or rather, was born intersex, grew up as a man, and finally had surgery to become a woman). See here. Thus the name changes in credits from Adam to "Maddie" and so on. I'm entirely sure when the surgery occurred, though. --Andrew, Aleal 04:05, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

And another useful link, here, with photo and more details and links. Also of note, prior to the surgery and still credited as "Adam", Blaustein worked on the DC comic book Deathwish, which dealt with transgender issues. -- Aleal 04:09, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

• Point of order - Deathwish was Milestone Comics, not DC. DC published it, but Milestone is/was a separate company. DS 23:34, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Well, the transgender thing definitely helps explain why Maddie can pull off deep, male voices like that. Should that be noted in the article? Geg 18:44, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

I found this on the matter, so I suppose the transgender issue may be true...[2] Michael 19:37, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

She's a man???

Seriously...if someone is a transgender, shouldn´t his/her natural gender should be used instead of her modified? It would cause less confusion and make more sense in my opinion.

Wikipedia naming conventions are very clear that one's current gender presentation (in this case, female) is to be used, not that assigned at birth.: Self identification: When naming or writing an article about specific people or specific groups always use the terminology which those individuals or organizations themselves use. Transsexual people, for example, should be referred to using the personal pronouns (male, female, or another) that they themselves prefer. - Wikipedia:Naming conventions (identity) Falsetto 00:21, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

From all the sources (interviews, etc, some linked to above) I've read, Maddie is always referred to as "she" and female. Whatever the situation is or was, I think it's best to stay consistent with reliable sources and not change it due to speculation (that just adds to the confusion). --EmperorBrandon 18:39, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Waddle Dee?

How can she voice Waddle Dee if he doesn't even talk? Is it a possible mistake by the editor who probably meant to put Waddle Doo instead? --Coconutfred73 20:48, 18 October 2007 (UTC)