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An index of tropes related to crossing or bending the line between male and female or men and women.

Not to be confused with UnisexTropes (which are trope names that seem gender specific when they are not) or TransgenderTropes (which are tropes about trans characters or character traits).
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Subcategories:
+ {{Crossdresser}}
+ {{Tomboy}}: A masculine female.
+ InTouchWithHisFeminineSide: A feminine male.
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* AgentPeacock: A [[RuleOfCool cool]] and {{Badass}} feminine male. (A feminine male who has a masculine streak.)
* AlienGenderConfusion: A member of one race has trouble distinguishing the genders of another.
* AmbiguousGender: Characters whose true gender is kept deliberately ambiguous.
* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: Characters whose gender identity is left vague.
* AnimalGenderBender: An animal has sexually dimorphic traits that don't apply to their gender.
** LactatingMale (although there are human examples)
** EggLayingMale
** InsectGenderBender
** PeacockGirl
* AttractiveBentGender: A character looks attractive when disguised as a member of the opposite sex.
* {{Bifauxnen}}: A woman who could, from the way she looks and dresses, pass for an androgynously attractive man.
* {{Bishonen}}: Beautiful but somewhat androgynous men.
* TheCoverChangesTheGender: A song cover changes the gender of the original song's viewpoint character.
* CreepyCrossdresser: A character who does not look good in drag.
* CrosscastRole: A role that is played by an actor of the opposite gender.
* {{Crossdresser}}: Dressing in clothing of the opposite sex.
* CrossdressingVoices: Voice actors playing characters of the opposite gender.
* CrossPlayer: A person who likes roleplaying as the opposite sex.
* DifferentForGirls: A character who is GenderBender or DisguisedInDrag has no idea how to act as the opposite gender.
* DisguisedInDrag: A man disguises himself by dressing up as a woman.
* DistaffCounterpart: A new character that's similar to the original character, just the opposite gender.
* DragQueen: A man who wears women's clothing only on special occasions.
* DraggedIntoDrag: A man who is forced into women's clothing.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: A male character gets mistaken as female despite putting no effort to look feminine.
* EasySexChange: Unrealistically fast and easy sex change.
* EstrogenBrigade: A female sub-fandom of a male-targeted media.
* GenderBender: Being transformed into a member of the opposite sex.
** FirstLawOfGenderBending: Male-to-female gender changes are more common and more permanent than the opposite.
** SecondLawOfGenderBending: A character who has their gender changed will start to enjoy their new life.
** ThirdLawOfGenderBending: Characters undergoing a gender change usually take on stereotypes of their new gender.
** GenderBenderAngst: A gender bender character who is not happy with their new sex.
** SexShifter: An individual that changes sex regularly.
** SuperGenderBender: A character gains superpowers that also changes their gender.
* GenderBenderFriendship: Character befriends their LoveInterest while masquerading as the opposite sex.
* GenderBentAlternateUniverse: An AlternateUniverse where everyone's counterparts are of the opposite gender.
* GenderBlenderName: Character's name is typical for the opposite gender.
* GenderConcealingVoice: A character changes their voice when disguised as another gender.
* GenderConcealingWriting: A character is referred to using gender-neutral language to conceal their gender.
* GenderedOutfit: When an OppositeSexClone, DistaffCounterpart, or GenderBender wears an opposite-gender version of an established outfit.
* GenderFlip: Re-envisioning a story with one or more characters as the opposite gender.
* GenderInclusiveWriting: The avoidance of any use of gendered pronouns or any references to the gender identity of a character for the sake of inclusiveness.
* HarmlessLadyDisguise: A man disguises himself as a lady to avoid suspicion.
* {{Hermaphrodite}}: A character who is both genders.
* HistoricalGenderFlip: A historical or mythical character is depicted as the opposite gender in a work of fiction.
* IncrediblyConspicuousDrag: A man in drag who doesn't look like an attractive woman.
* IntersexTribulations: A character is troubled due to being intersex.
* JumpingTheGenderBarrier: A character's sexual preferences change when they undergo a GenderBender.
* LadyLooksLikeADude: A female character who looks like a male.
* LightGirlDarkBoy: During gender flipping, girls will have lighter hair and skin, and boys will have darker features in contrast.
* MakeoverTorment: A masculine guy is humiliated by being given a girly makeover.
* ManIFeelLikeAWoman: A male character changes into a female and perversely examines their new body.
* ManInABikini: A man wears a woman's bikini.
* MasculineFeminineAndrogyneTrio: A masculine character, a feminine character, and an androgynous character are grouped together.
* MasculineFeminineGayCouple: Same-sex couple where one partner is more masculine/feminine than the other.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: A feminine male and a masculine female are featured together.
* MisterSeahorse: A male character becomes pregnant.
* MultiGenderedOutfit: Nonbinary and gender-nonconforming characters wear a combination of strongly masculine and feminine clothing.
* MultiGenderedSplitPersonalities: A character has a split personality that is featured as the opposite gender.
* NoBiologicalSex: A character does not biologically have a sex, but may still identify as one gender.
* OldFriendNewGender: An old friend that you haven't seen in a while has had a sex change.
* {{Omegaverse}}: A setting where humans have a secondary sex (alpha, beta or omega).
* OppositeSexClone: A character has a clone of themselves that is the opposite gender.
* OtherworldlyAndSexuallyAmbiguous: A demon, god, or otherworldly being or creature who has no defining gender.
* OtokonokoGenre: A Japanese genre for men, focusing on romantic or erotic situations involving AttractiveBentGender male [[{{Crossdresser}} Crossdressers]].
* RaisedAsTheOppositeGender: A character is raised as if they were the opposite gender.
* RealMenWearPink: A masculine male who has a feminine streak.
* RecursiveCrossdressing: A character or actor disguises their gender.
* ReincarnatedAsTheOppositeSex: A character reincarnates in a body of the opposite sex they were in their past life.
* RuleSixtyThree: For every character there is a [[GenderFlip gender flipped]] version of that character.
* SamusIsAGirl: A character who wears bulky armor or baggy robes is revealed to be female.
* ShapeshiftingSquick: A shapeshifting character uses their powers to improve their love life, which can often lead to squicky situations.
* ShesAManInJapan: A translation of a work changes a character's gender.
* SobriquetSexSwitch: A character, whether it be [[GenderBender gender bending]] or [[{{Crossdresser}} crossdressing]], goes by a name derived from their old one.
* SweetPollyOliver: A woman disguises herself as a man to achieve a certain purpose.
* SweetOnPollyOliver: A male is attracted to a girl pretending to be a guy.
* TestosteroneBrigade: A male sub-fandom of a female-targeted media.
* TransNature: A character is uncomfortable with whatever role they've been born into or assigned to and wish to change it.
* TwelfthNightAdventure: A character becomes a WholesomeCrossdresser to integrate himself/herself into the setting.
* UnplannedCrossdressing: A character ends up crossdressing through desperation or ignorance.
* UnsettlingGenderReveal: A character has a negative reaction upon finding out the true gender of the person they were romantically attracted to.
* ViewerGenderConfusion: The result of a character with an ambiguous or misleading appearance confusing the casual audience as to the character's true gender.
* WhichRestroomDilemma: A character can't decide to use the men's or the women's restroom, or doesn't know which is which.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Crossdressing characters who are presented in a positive way.
* WrongGeneticSex: A character's genetic sex doesn't match their actual gender.
* YourTomcatIsPregnant: A pet that is thought to be a boy turns out to be a girl...and pregnant.
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