Question
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Answer
From the legal perspective, this question has a very simple answer: when it comes to gender, people should be referred to in the way they request to be referred to. So, until the student informs you that the way they wish to be addressed (by name, pronoun, or honorific) has changed, it is good to stick with the last thing they told you.
