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* "Trans" or "transgender" describes any person whose experienced gender differs from the sex assigned to them at birth.
** These terms are purely adjectives, not nouns, when used properly. There is no such thing as "a trans"; there are "trans people", "trans men", "trans women", etc.
* "Nonbinary" or "non-binary" describes anyone whose gender does not align with either the male gender or the female gender. Like "trans", "nonbinary" is an adjective, not a noun. It's also not a "third gender", but rather any
** "Agender" people are a group of non-binary people who prefer not to identify themselves with ''any'' gender identity in particular.
** "Bigender" people shift between the two traditional genders, while "trigender" do the same but between the two traditional gender and a third gender identity.
** "Genderfluid" people perceive their gender identity is in a constant state of flux, without a definite "fixed" point they'd like to settle on.
** "Demigender" and "demiflux" people identify with two or more different gender identities at the same time, both of which are fixed - for example a demi-girl would feel female but gender wise would also have elements of male gender (or something else) in everyday life.
** "Pangender" people identify with every and all existing gender identities, or just some of them, in which case this group might be referred to as "polygender" or "omnigender".
** "Xenogender" people perceive their gender to be entirely out of even the expanded human gender spectrum - for example, they might [[Memetic Mutation|identify as an attack helicopter]].
* "Enby" (plural "enbies") is a term often (but not necessarily always) accepted by nonbinary people. It comes from "NB", which stands for "non-binary", and it is a noun that can be used for nonbinary people in the same vain as "man" or "woman".
* "Queer" is generally an umbrella term for non-normative people, that is, people whose existence contradict cisnormativity and heteronormativity. Exact definitions vary and are constantly evolving, but it is most typically associated with opposition to the gender binary and is popular with nonbinary people.
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** At the same time, historical trans people (from around the mid-20th century) would have self-identified as "transvestites" (an older term for cross-dressers) or "drag queens" at the time, both because the term "transgender" wasn't in common use at the time and because of historical oppression of trans people. This is why many figures from that era who identified as such (such as Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera) are commonly identified as transgender people in hindsight today. It's worth noting that an unknown transvestite kicked off the the famous Stonewall riots by refusing to show her genitals to police (yes, that was a thing), and in general trans people (often self-identifying as transvestites) were at the forefront of LGBTQ+ liberation.
* It's worth noting the various "LGBT" acronyms. All variations use the same letters which stand for the same things, but some use more letters to be more inclusive of gender and sexual minorities, and some less common ones sort them in a different order. Currently{{when}} the largest acronym in common use is "LGBTQIA+", but "LGBTQ+" is the most common form. The commonly seen "+" is added to the end of the acronym to denote that unlisted gender and sexual minorities are included as well. Those letters stand for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual. (Some but not all Native Americans and Canadian First Nations add "2", for [[w:two-spirit|two-spirit]], to the list - this is ''not'' something that non-Natives should call themeselves.)
** All kinds of people choose differing lengths in the acronym for various benign reasons, but one practice that is always met with suspicion is when someone ''omits'' the "T" from the acronym. This is particularly egregious because inclusion of the "T" has a long history and typically the only reason to remove it is to attempt to marginalize trans people. This is especially common with
* "Transphobia" is prejudice against trans people in general, and "enbyphobia" is prejudice against nonbinary people specifically. Another term you might come across is "transmisogyny", which generally refers specifically to prejudice against trans women.
* All trans people are described as the gender they experience, not the sex assigned to them at birth. So for example, a person who was assigned male at birth and whose experienced gender is female is a trans ''woman'', and a person who was assigned female at birth and whose experienced gender is male is a trans ''man''. Similarly, sexuality is always properly described from this context; a trans woman who is attracted exclusively to women is a lesbian, and a trans man who is attracted exclusively to women is straight. This gets a little more complicated with nonbinary people who are not bisexual or pansexual; if unsure, it's better to ask than risk misgendering them.
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{{examples|Portrayals of trans people and trans issues in fiction include:}}
== Anime and Manga ==
* In the manga adaption of ''[[Welcome to The NHK]]'', Yamazaki befriends a pre-op trans woman, and even gets a job to pay for her operation. Unfortunately, this charity offends the trans woman, and so she ends the friendship.{{context
* Maho, one of the two main characters in the manga ''[[Double House]]'', is a transwoman, as are a number of the secondary characters.
* Isabella in ''[[Paradise Kiss]]'' is a non-operative transgender woman.
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== Fan Works ==
* It will probably come as no surprise that ''[[Ranma ½]]'' fandom has spawned some well-written and insightful fanfics approaching the effects of Ranma's [[Gender Bender]] curse on his gender identity. One of the best examples of such would be ''[
* "Nightelf" later wrote a [[Self-Insert Fic]] for the ''[https://shifti.org/wiki/Xanadu_%28setting%29 Xanadu Universe]'' [[Shared World]] project which explored some of those issues. Entitled ''[https://shifti.org/wiki/Ami's_Song Ami's Song]'', it chronicled the unexpected transformation of Nightelf's [[Author Avatar]] into Mizuno Ami from ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' during the Xanadu event; one subplot deals explicitly with his mental adjustments to what was essentially [[Wish Fulfillment]] for a young transgender man.
* ''[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2295957/1/Final-Approach-Ranma Final Approach Ranma]'' by Trimatter, a crossover between ''[[Ranma ½]]'', ''[[Futaba-Kun Change!]]'', and (just barely enough to kick off the story) ''[[Final Approach]]'' takes an interesting tack with Ranma by placing him with the Shimeru family of ''Futaba-kun Change!'', where he learns from an entire family who change genders that there is no shame in doing so, and being comfortable in either form.
== Film ==
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* One of the reasons why the Argentinian telenovela ''Los [[Rold Ã]]¡n'' was so succesful? The fun-loving trans character played by actress Florencia de la V, who ''is'' a trans woman in [[Truth in Television|Real Life]].
* A transman features in ''[[Two and A Half Men]]'' when Evelyn's new boyfriend turns out to be one of Charlie's old girlfriends. Once the obligatory torrent of puerile jokes are through, the episode is surprisingly sensitive.
* One episode of ''[[Tales from the Crypt (TV series)|Tales from the Crypt]]'' ("The Assassin") had a team of government assassins invade the home of a very stereotypical suburban [[Housewife]] because they're convinced her husband is a rogue former agent who used [[Magic Plastic Surgery]] to radically alter his appearance before going underground. Nothing she says can convince them otherwise so she turns the tables on them and easily kills them all. It turns out ''she'' was their rogue former agent after quite a bit more [[Easy Sex Change|plastic surgery]] than even they had been prepared to believe.
{{quote|'''Female Agent''': Does he still like it rough?
'''Housewife''': Yes, as a matter of fact, I do. }}
** This is also the twist of a later episode, "Last Respects", where a female lawyer hired by a dying rich man turns out to be the man's long-lost son. Her father doesn't learn this until after he attempts to seduce her, prompting her to disrobe for him.
* The victim in one episode of ''[[Bones (TV series)|Bones]]'' turns out to be a postoperative trans woman. This is handled with surprising sensitivity, and despite the title of the episode that status is ''not'' the focus of the plot.
* An episode of ''[[Night Court]]'' had an old university friend of Dan Fielding show up as a post-op trans woman, in the process of getting married; with Dan naturally playing the role of rabid homo/transphobe. The show being what it was, this was mostly played for laughs; but also a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] as well.
* Cassandra from the "The End Of The World" and "New Earth" episodes of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' is a trans woman. She's also thousands of years old and had so much plastic surgery that she's now only a face on a ''very'' thin layer of skin {{spoiler|or at least until she begins to possess Rose's, the Doctor's and ultimately her caretaker's bodies}}, so being trans is one of the ''least'' notable things about her.
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* In an episode of ''[[St. Elsewhere]],'' one of Dr. Craig's old pals shows up at the hospital. All goes well until he happens to mention that he's having sexual reassignment surgery. After having a trademark freakout for most of the episode, Craig finally accepts the situation.
* One episode of ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'' features Sarah searching for a man on the run from Skynet, only to find out he's been hiding his identity by living as a woman. None of this is played for laughs, and with zero amount of freaking out or any talk about sex. Alan/Eileen later admits to being strangely grateful for the opportunity to live as her true self, despite being hunted.
* In one episode of ''[[Rab C. Nesbitt]]'' a new barmaid at Rab's local pub is a pre-op trans woman (played by David Tennant, no less!). At the end of the episode she helps Rab and Mary to get revenge on Mary's extremely sleazy new boss (who has been sexually
* In an episode of ''[[Law
* An episode of ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
** In another ''CSI'' episode, the victim was a pre-op trans woman, killed by an actor after he goes to bed with her, discovers her sexual identity and freaks out about the fact damaging his carreer. It ended with Grissom saying:
{{quote|There's an old rule of
** A similar case happens in ''[[CSI:
* Two episodes (that I recall) of ''[[NCIS]]'' had trans characters. One became a (brief) running joke after Tony made out with her, and whilst the subject wasn't dealt with insensitively, it wasn't amazing either. The other was a character who was dead by the time the episode really began (suicide), and was dealt with a lot better, even if there was the obligatory "he... she... he-she" moment.
* An episode of ''[[The Listener]]'', "Lisa Says," had a trans character. Well dealt with and reasonably unusual because the character was FtM.
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** The amusing fact is that this whole situation actually arose out of trying to ''prevent'' censorship. Capcom of Japan knew that it was not kosher to depict violence against women - [[Critical Research Failure|so their excuse was that the characters weren't born as women in the first place]]. They have gone further on record that Poison's status is post-op in America and pre-op in Japan.
** (As [http://kotaku.com/5888814/a-twenty+minute-documentary-about-the-gender-of-final-fights-poison this] in-depth documentary points out,) Poison and Roxy are both labeled as "newhalf" in their concept art and Poison has the term in the original Japanese instruction booklets for the first two games in the series. As the booklet came out two years in Japan before it hit Stateside, it is unlikely that Capcom made this change simply to accommodate Nintendo. While Capcom may not have considered them to be women, they were still "newhalves" from the very beginning.
* Perhaps the most famous video game example is [[Super Mario Bros. 2|Birdo]], who was described in the [[All There in the Manual|manual of her first appearance]] as "wanting to be called Birdetta" and "wanting to be a girl". Although she started as a crossdressing male, more recent appearances have hinted ([[Captain Rainbow]] provided more concrete... evidence) that she has since had "the operation", and transitioned to a female body.
* ''[[Mother 3]]'': The Magypisies ''look'' like this. They actually have no real gender.
* It's slightly ambiguous, but {{spoiler|Robin}} of ''[[Cute Knight Kingdom]]'' appears to be transgender female-to-male.
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* The minor character Aubrey in ''[[Boy Meets Boy]]'' is a pre-op FtM.
* A trans character receives a surprisingly sympathetic treatment in ''[[Exiern]]'', a comic which normally plays its [[Gender Bender|gender benders]] for laughs, when one of a group of gender-bent priests is shown to view it less as a curse and more as a liberation, and her backstory clearly describes someone who entered the priesthood primarily because she was unhappy with her birth gender.
* ''[[Rain (webcomic)|Rain]]'' is the title character of a slice-of-life [[Dramedy]] webcomic that tells the story of a young trans girl who is just starting out her senior year of high school and hoping to fit in and find her way as a woman.
* ''[[The Dragon Queen]]'' features the eponymous hero, the city's "first and only transvestite super-hero" who was born Bradley Bartlett but currently dresses female, identifies as Brandywine Bartlett, and has the people around hir use female pronouns.
* In ''[[Tales of a Gay Asian]]'', there is a trans woman sengchou who has stubble and gets further surgery to look like Lady Gaga.
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