why genderbends are transphobic: a tl;dr version they assume every character is cis by default



99.9% of the time nonbinary identities are ignored and the only two genders used are male and female

they imply that in order for someone to be a certain gender, their body has to change to fit it (i.e., a character can’t go from male to female without having wider hips and breasts)

they imply physical characteristics = gender

all of the above are examples of cissexism, which perpetuates the marginalization and erasure of trans people

stop arguing with trans people about whether genderbends are transphobic or not, especially if you’re cis

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Posted on 18 December 2015, at 12.17am, with 56,430 notes

