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{{trope}}
This trope is for the confused sexuality of [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|shapeshifters]]. As many shapeshifters can [[Gender Bender|change sex]] willingly, they may [[Jumping the Gender Barrier|jump the gender barrier]] to accommodate a lover, or just for a change of pace. They may even be able to shift to a form which is sexless, or has facets of both sexes. Because of this, it's somewhat common for shapeshifters to be [[Bi the Way|willing to get it on with either sex]], especially if [[The Mind Is a Plaything of
Some people might question what the normal concepts of gender and sexuality even mean to a shapeshifter; others just find the idea that the cute girl they're flirting with is sometimes a ''guy'' [[Shapeshifting Squick|somewhat offputting]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Envy in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (
** Though the other voices are silenced and Envy's will seems pretty singular as long as he/it avoids his/its true form. Which is best described as 'Giant [[Body Horror]] Dog with Talking Zombie Acne.'
*** Given Envy's reception by the anime fandom which diverged before this [[The Reveal|revelation]]...[[Bishounen]] [[Jossed|Jossing]]?
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* Averted by Hulkling of the [[Young Avengers]]. Though he could presumably become a girl if he wanted to, he never has, and his boyfriend probably wouldn't like it if he did. Interestingly, this wasn't always going to be the case. Hulkling [[What Could Have Been|was originally going to be a girl]] who posed as a man to fight crime, causing Wiccan to [[Gayngst|question his sexuality.]] Then creator Allen Heinberg began to have second thoughts and asked for permission to make the couple unambiguously gay.
* Played with in Skrull Kill Krew: Ryder and Catwalk once had sex while shapeshifted into each others [[Shapeshifter Default Form|Default Forms]].
* Electro of [[Spider
== Fan Works ==
* Interestingly, this is usually averted in ''[[Harry Potter]]'' fanfiction featuring Nymphadora Tonks. Canonically she seems unable to change her sex, and her fanfic counterparts almost universally follow suit, with stories frequently making it explicitly clear that she is always female, even when her metamorphmagus powers give her the ability to simulate being male.
== Literature ==
* Averted in Alfred Bester's ''The Deceivers''. Titular Deceivers are a race of shapeshifters able to assume practically any organic form, but only of the same gender as them.
* Used as a major plot point in ''Steel Beach'' by John Varley. Humans have become effectively immortal, but body-changing technology is common and easy, if not terribly inexpensive. The main character, Hilde, realizes he needs a change of pace and turns female partway through the book.
* Elves in ''The Hound and the Falcon'' generally do have a gender identity, but most of them have no problem with taking on a form of the opposite gender. The protagonist, who was [[Raised
* Happens all the time in [[The Culture]] books.
* This is the entire point of Neil Gaiman's short story ''Changes''.
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* Averted in [[Dragon Age]], where it is implied that Morrigan stays female no matter what animal she happens to have turned into at the moment and can't take other human forms.
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* Sabine in ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'' has apparently [http://www.GiantITP.com/comics/oots0365.html tried it].
* In ''[[
** None of the characters, however, show any sign of wanting to... "experiment" with gender changes, beyond Tedd and Grace occasionally swapping bodies with each other ([http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2005-02-11 yes, the the fact that Tedd doesn't have any problem being attracted to himself has been noted]). It has been brought up occasionally, and rejected each time. Most of the characters find the idea of their sexuality changing to be quite a disturbing concept.
* ''[[The Dragon Doctors
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* [[Word of God]] has it that the [[The Fair Folk|Third Race]] in ''[[
* In ''[[Young Justice (
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