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I don't think the tweet source is clear. It just says "oddly enough I prefer binary pronouns. he/him/his/she/her/hers"; I don't know what that means, exactly, but I'm not sure it means "either, whenever, you pick" which is what our statement seems to say. It might mean he when not in drag, she when in drag, which is pretty common. —valereee (talk) 15:25, 15 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Sources seem to primarily refer to Bob as "Bob" or "Bob the Drag Queen", not "Tidicue". See: [1], [2], [3], [4] etc. Note also, for what it's worth, that in this video Bob says "all my friends call me Bob", indicating that "Bob" isn't just a stage name. I think it makes sense in this case to primarily use the mononym "Bob". As MOS:SURNAME points out, it's OK to use mononyms in certain cases, and it lists the examples of Aaliyah, Selena and Usher. WanderingWanda🐮👑 (talk) 01:40, 14 October 2021 (UTC)
...Actually, looking over the article some more, it does use "Bob" in many places. Tho for the early life section it uses "Tidicue" a lot. I think "Caldwell" might actually be best for early life, per Wikipedia's general stylistic preference for using the name a person went by at the time. WanderingWanda🐮👑 (talk) 01:47, 14 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Use both he/him and she/her pronouns on the page 10lp06 (talk) 18:56, 29 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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