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
- the end