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When—as is sometimes the case—this involves the gender-switched person [[The Mind Is the Plaything of The Body|changing their sexual preferences]], many people find this plot extremely [[squick]]y.

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* ''[[Runaways]]'', with Xavin and Karolina. Karolina is gay and [[Arranged Marriage|engaged to Xavin]], who appears in a youthful male image that he believed would please her. Being a Skrull, for whom changing shape and sex is as difficult and important as changing the color of ones hair, Xavin is not bothered by this, and happily assumes a female form to make Karolina more comfortable. Some drama [[Canon Discontinuity|that might or might not have happened later]] revolved around confusion over Xavin's "true" sex, and Karolina's assertion that Xavin is ''really'' a woman, despite the fact that even Xavin points out that he/she (Even the characters become confused over the proper pronouns) is not only one or the other.

* ''[[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]]'': In Earth-3490, the Civil War created by the Superhuman Registration Act is averted. Why? Because Captain America and Iron Woman [[The Power of Love|get]] ''[[The Power of Love|married]]''. Interestingly, they both get married in costume, which causes a [[Double Take]] upon turning the page because Iron Woman's gender is [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|surprisingly ambiguous]] [[Get Back in the Closet|if you ignore the veil]]. And instead of the stock 'standing together at the altar' image, they're making out in front of the church.

** Of course, soon after that came out, it was put on The Internet...and Tony's beard got photoshopped onto 'Toni''s face, with varying levels of looking actually beard-like.

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' [[Ship Tease|plays with this possibility]] when (normally gay, temporarily female) Justin and (normally straight, temporarily male) Susan kiss (and stuff, though it ultimately goes nowhere). Shive presents as the only outcome that could ''possibly'' have ended well, and given that the alternative would have been [[Like Brother and Sister|two good friends]] having a quick roll in the hay for all the wrong reasons, with no chance of a [[Relationship Upgrade]] due to [[Incompatible Orientation]], that was probably a safe bet.

** Elliot and Justin tend to {{spoiler|1=subvert this, as Justin is only attracted to Elliot when Elliot is male, but Elliot is only attracted to Justin when one of them is female, and [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2006-07-03 Justin isn't interested in becoming a full-time girl.]}}

** Any Universe where Tedd and Elliot are opposite genders seems to result in this happening. For example, Beta Tedd and Beta Elliot (Ellen) are in a relationship. In a non-canon story where Tedd is female due to some reality-warping mishap, s/he and Elliot are in a relationship.

* ''[[Misfile]]'' Inverts this by having guy-turned-girl told by straight-friend Emily that she would love him in a heartbeat if he was a boy. Since Ash is fighting Gender-Bending's [[First Law of Gender Bending|most seen law]] and thinks of himself as a guy, he assumes that Emily is interested, with [[Hilarity Ensues|bad results.]]

** It's pretty clear by now that Emily does like Ash (and we all know Ash likes Emily), but the relationship still hasn't gone ''anywhere.''

* ''[[The Dragon Doctors]]'' partially subverts this, as Mori and Sarin become a couple only after ''both'' of them change gender. Each admits to finding the other more sexually attractive in their current forms.

* Inverted in the ''[[Jet Dream (webcomic)|Jet Dream]]'' [[Remix Comic]], where before her transformation to T-Girl Harmony Thunder, T-Bird Squadron leader Jack Thunder had a [[Dating Catwoman]] relationship with Raven Red, leader of the [[Amazon Brigade|Dynamic Dare-Dolls]]. Raven Red didn't react well to Harmony's change, due to [[Incompatible Orientation]]. (Harmony, however, seemed [[Bi the Way|willing to give it a go]].) The conflict pushed Raven Red over the edge into [[Psycho Ex-Girlfriend]] territory. She's now obsessed with either changing Harmony back into Jack (which all other characters [[First Law of Gender Bending|know to be impossible)]], or [[If I Can't Have You|killing her as a last resort]].

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

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[[Category:Gender Blending Tropes]]