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* '''Implied''': AmbiguousGenderIndentity

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* '''Implied''': AmbiguousGenderIndentityAmbiguousGenderIdentity
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* '''Implied''': AmbiguousGenderIndentity
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* '''Subverted''': ???

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* '''Subverted''': ???Alice turns out to be a cis woman and the bulling started from false rumors and misunderstandings gone horribly wrong.
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-->'''Alice''': I'm sick of all this "inclusive" talk. I have yet to see ANY proof that so-called "transgender" people are anything but mentally ill.\\

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-->'''Alice''': --->'''Alice''': I'm sick of all this "inclusive" talk. I have yet to see ANY proof that so-called "transgender" people are anything but mentally ill.\\

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* '''Averted''': ???

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* '''Averted''': ???Nobody, not even Alice herself, cares about her transition.



* '''Played for Drama''': The drama involves Alice's friends trying to adapt to her new life, fearing how much it would hurt her if they treated her wrongly.
* '''Played for Horror''': The story brings up a lot of RealismInducedHorror about Alice's struggles and urges to treat her dysphoria at the cost of her health. When it's too hard for her to buy gender-affirming surgery, she does it herself, which risks killing her.



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* '''Justified''': Transitioning isn't as easy as picking a favorite color, it's a serious and life-changing process with large amounts of externaland internal stigma.

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* '''Justified''': Transitioning isn't as easy as picking a favorite color, it's a serious and life-changing process with large amounts of externaland external and internal stigma.
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* '''Justified''': ???

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* '''Justified''': ???Transitioning isn't as easy as picking a favorite color, it's a serious and life-changing process with large amounts of externaland internal stigma.

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* '''Straight''': Alice, a transgender girl, is bullied by her peers and angsts over whether she counts as a real woman.

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* '''Straight''': '''Straight''':
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Alice, a transgender girl, is bullied by her peers and angsts over whether she counts as a real woman.woman.
** Alice is having a hard time finding a job because she’s transgender.



* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Alice still faces hardships for being transgender but it's fairly minor.



* '''Inverted''': Bob, a cis boy, is highly effeminate and faces trouble with misplaced transphobia and people insisting he ''can't'' be cis.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Bob, a cis boy, is highly effeminate and faces trouble with misplaced transphobia and people insisting he ''can't'' be cis.cis.
** Alice is doing better than her friends and colleagues because she's transgender.
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* '''Straight''': ???

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* '''Straight''': ???Alice, a transgender girl, is bullied by her peers and angsts over whether she counts as a real woman.
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* '''Parodied''': Alice [[ImplausibleDeniability claims]] she's just a boy InTouchWithHisFeminineSide even though she's had top and bottom surgery, been on HRT and voice therapy for years now, uses she/her pronouns, and actually had her name legally changed. Someone encourages her to come out of the closet... only to learn she genuinely considered herself an effeminate cis boy, [[FailedASpotCheck and thought the drama she faced was just related to her gender expression rather than transphobia.]] She's now convinced there's a slight possibility she may be a trans girl and is freaking out over it.

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* '''Parodied''': Alice [[ImplausibleDeniability claims]] she's just a boy InTouchWithHisFeminineSide even though she's had top and bottom surgery, been on HRT and voice therapy for years now, uses she/her pronouns, and actually had her name legally changed. Someone encourages her to come take that one tiny step out of the closet... only to learn she genuinely considered herself an effeminate cis boy, [[FailedASpotCheck and thought the drama she faced was just related to her gender expression rather than transphobia.]] She's now convinced there's a slight possibility she may be a trans girl and is freaking out over it.
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* '''Parodied''': Alice [[ImplausibleDeniability claims]] she's just a boy InTouchWithHisFeminineSide even though she's been on hormones and voice therapy for a year now, uses she/her pronouns, and actually had her name legally changed. Someone encourages her to come out of the closet... only to learn she genuinely considered herself an effeminate cis boy, [[FailedASpotCheck and thought the drama she faced was just related to her gender expression rather than transphobia.]] She's now convinced there's a slight possibility she may be a trans girl and is freaking out over it.

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* '''Parodied''': Alice [[ImplausibleDeniability claims]] she's just a boy InTouchWithHisFeminineSide even though she's had top and bottom surgery, been on hormones HRT and voice therapy for a year years now, uses she/her pronouns, and actually had her name legally changed. Someone encourages her to come out of the closet... only to learn she genuinely considered herself an effeminate cis boy, [[FailedASpotCheck and thought the drama she faced was just related to her gender expression rather than transphobia.]] She's now convinced there's a slight possibility she may be a trans girl and is freaking out over it.
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* '''Parodied''': Alice [[ImplausibleDeniability claims]] she's just a boy InTouchWithHisFeminineSide even though she's been on hormones and voice therapy for a year now, uses she/her pronouns, and actually had her name legally changed. Someone encourages her to come out of the closet... only to learn she genuinely considered herself an effeminate cis boy, [[FailedASpotCheck and the drama she faced was just related to her gender expression rather than transphobia.]] She's now convinced there's a slight possibility she may be a trans girl and is freaking out over it.

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* '''Parodied''': Alice [[ImplausibleDeniability claims]] she's just a boy InTouchWithHisFeminineSide even though she's been on hormones and voice therapy for a year now, uses she/her pronouns, and actually had her name legally changed. Someone encourages her to come out of the closet... only to learn she genuinely considered herself an effeminate cis boy, [[FailedASpotCheck and thought the drama she faced was just related to her gender expression rather than transphobia.]] She's now convinced there's a slight possibility she may be a trans girl and is freaking out over it.
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* '''Parodied''': Alice claims she's just a boy InTouchWithHisFeminineSide even though she's been on hormones and voice therapy for a year now, uses she/her pronouns, and actually had her name legally changed. Someone encourages her to come out of the closet... only to learn she genuinely considered herself an effeminate cis boy, [[FailedASpotCheck and the drama she faced was just related to her gender expression rather than transphobia.]] She's now convinced there's a slight possibility she may be a trans girl and is freaking out over it.

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* '''Parodied''': Alice claims [[ImplausibleDeniability claims]] she's just a boy InTouchWithHisFeminineSide even though she's been on hormones and voice therapy for a year now, uses she/her pronouns, and actually had her name legally changed. Someone encourages her to come out of the closet... only to learn she genuinely considered herself an effeminate cis boy, [[FailedASpotCheck and the drama she faced was just related to her gender expression rather than transphobia.]] She's now convinced there's a slight possibility she may be a trans girl and is freaking out over it.
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* '''Played for Laughs''': [[ImmediateSelfContradiction Immediate Self-Contradictions]] related to Alice's internalized transphobia.

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* '''Played for Laughs''': Laughs''':
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[[ImmediateSelfContradiction Immediate Self-Contradictions]] related to Alice's internalized transphobia.


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** Alice frequently goes on transphobic rants out of nowhere, which absolutely terrifies her inclusive friends and pressures them to get in an argument with her whenever this happens... until they realize her rambling is formulaic enough that they can just keep [[TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat a pre-recorded message]] to play whenever she's about to say something extremely transphobic.
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'''Basic Trope''': Being transgender brings up internal and external drama.
* '''Straight''': ???
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice goes through a DeusAngstMachina directly related to her being trans, even though her surroundings seemed inclusive.
* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''': Bob, a cis boy, is highly effeminate and faces trouble with misplaced transphobia and people insisting he ''can't'' be cis.
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': Alice claims she's just a boy InTouchWithHisFeminineSide even though she's been on hormones and voice therapy for a year now, uses she/her pronouns, and actually had her name legally changed. Someone encourages her to come out of the closet... only to learn she genuinely considered herself an effeminate cis boy, [[FailedASpotCheck and the drama she faced was just related to her gender expression rather than transphobia.]] She's now convinced there's a slight possibility she may be a trans girl and is freaking out over it.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Alice is fortunate to have enough self-esteem and confidence to not listen to transphobes any more than she'd listen to someone telling her the sky is green and the grass is blue.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Played for Laughs''': [[ImmediateSelfContradiction Immediate Self-Contradictions]] related to Alice's internalized transphobia.
-->'''Alice''': I'm sick of all this "inclusive" talk. I have yet to see ANY proof that so-called "transgender" people are anything but mentally ill.\\
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'''Bob''': And you are?\\
'''Alice''': A person of unknown gender [[GoldenMeanFallacy making sure she keeps an open mind]].
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%% * '''Played for Drama''': ???
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