From what I've read, he never identified with that term. It doesn't matter whether or not the term "transgender" was widely recognized at the time or not. By THEIR own logic, it is wrong to identify someone as transgender for them when they are no longer around to speak for themselves.
That's misgendering. During his life, he didn't identify as a transwomen, it's wrong to make speculations just because you want something to be true. It is wrong. Plain and simple.
The school principal Zach Suderman had this to say to Mrs Staudt, Frances Staudt's mother,
Seems as if some hateful lib bro is responsible for children, half of whom are female and he's quite happy to throw the girls under the bus. He doesn't care that girls may get injured by some hulking male who "feels female" because he played with barbies instead of monster trucks as kids.
The school staff also threatened her thirteen year old brother for recording bits of the game on his phone. Because there can't be any footage as evidence that males playing sport against female is dangerous and wrong.
https://www.fairforall.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Civil-Rights-Complaint_Tumwater-Schools.pdf
The complaint is worth reading as Kara Dansky says.
This right here is why the Democrats lost votes in the last election. How many ordinary people watch games like this around the country and know it isn't right? Yet TRA's like to argue "how does this affect you?"