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* Quite a few people thought Chris Crocker (of [[Memetic Mutation|"LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!!!"]] fame) was a girl. A few still do.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6ZCdXkKtd8 ZJemptv a.k.a. Zinnia Jones], a video maker on Youtube, has this happen ''constantly''. A brief look in the comments section (of any video on the channel) will prove this true. For the record, Zinnia's actually a (gay) cisgendered man who likes to dress in feminine style.
* Because his [[Author Avatar]] is [[Cute Kitten|genderless]] and one of the female characters carried the same name as his, Kagami Yoshimizu, the creator of ''[[
* Before ''[[Discworld]]'' became such a success, many assumed Terry Pratchett was a woman due to the [[Gender Blender Name]] and the overtly feminist ''[[Discworld
* Author Tracy Hickman has gotten so used to [[Viewer Gender Confusion]] that he sometimes introduces himself at fantasy conventions by saying "Tracy couldn't come, so she sent me".
* [[Lady Gaga]] is often mistaken for a [[Drag Queen]] due to her outlandish style.
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* ''[[Mad Magazine]]'' once ran an article about all the plus-sides to the NBA mandating formal attire for public appearances. One of them was "You can now tell the difference between the NBA and WNBA players." The accompanying picture showed a confused autograph-seeker trying to choose between two tall, muscular, short-haired, earring-sporting b-ball players. However, you could just barely make out breasts on the one on the right.
* Take a look at this picture of [["God Is Love" Songs|Contemporary Christian Music]] singer and ''[[American Idol]]'' alum Jason Castro in the picture [http://www.christianpost.com/article/20101109/jason-castro-im-a-christian-in-whatever-i-do/ from this Christian Post article].
* As one story goes, the California police were looking for a man who had stolen a motorcycle. They found a man and bike matching the description and pulled him over...only for it to turn out to be ''[[3rd Rock
* The new adverts for confused.com feature the logo as a woman while it was often assumed she was male. [http://support.confused.com/confusedcom/topics/absolute_outrage_ruined_my_2010 Apparently] the logo was modelled after the founder of the website, Kate Armstrong, and was always meant to be a woman.
** It seems fitting that confused.com would live up to its name in such a way, though.
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