It might be an interesting adjunct to how a part of the tech community treated one of their own with acceptance but beyond that, no, not terribly relevant. If anything, that's entirely incidental to the story, other than the fact that the Acorn community was very accepting of her transition.
Consider the following scenario. Let's say Sophie was born female and never needed to transition. Now, let's say that she got married after Acorn folded in the late '90s, and took her husband's name. In that case, we'd refer to her by the name she uses now, not the name she used then. The same goes in this case.
The article includes a short paragraph of biographical information, including her date and place of birth - maiden name would usually be mentioned with that, especially if she had done relevant work under her maiden name.
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It might be an interesting adjunct to how a part of the tech community treated one of their own with acceptance but beyond that, no, not terribly relevant. If anything, that's entirely incidental to the story, other than the fact that the Acorn community was very accepting of her transition.
Consider the following scenario. Let's say Sophie was born female and never needed to transition. Now, let's say that she got married after Acorn folded in the late '90s, and took her husband's name. In that case, we'd refer to her by the name she uses now, not the name she used then. The same goes in this case.
Well, it is pretty common to see the married woman case handled as "Sophie Wilson (née MaidenName)" in biographical material.
In biographical information, sometimes, but rarely in the middle of an article.
The article includes a short paragraph of biographical information, including her date and place of birth - maiden name would usually be mentioned with that, especially if she had done relevant work under her maiden name.