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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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{{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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** 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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