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* {{Bifauxnen}}: A woman who could, from the way she looks and dresses, pass for an attractive man.

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* {{Bifauxnen}}: A woman who could, from the way she looks and dresses, pass for an androgynously attractive man.
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* {{Hermaphrodite}}: A character who has no defining gender.

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* {{Hermaphrodite}}: A character who has no defining gender.is both genders.
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* TransAudienceInterpretation: Headcanoning a character as UsefulNotes/{{transgender}}.
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* DismissedGender

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* DismissedGenderDismissedGender: A situation you'd normally expect to be associated with one gender happens with the other instead.
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* NoBiologicalSex: A character who does not have a gender.

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* NoBiologicalSex: A character who does not have a gender.

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* FirstLawOfGenderBending: A character who has their gender changed will often fail to change back.



* Laws
** FirstLawOfGenderBending: A character who has their gender changed will often fail to change back.
** 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.


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* SecondLawOfGenderBending: A character who has their gender changed will start to enjoy their new life.


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* ThirdLawOfGenderBending: Characters undergoing a gender change usually take on stereotypes of their new gender.
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* NoBiologicalSex: A character who has no gender.

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* NoBiologicalSex: A character who has no does not have a gender.
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* NoBiologicalSex: A character who is genderless.

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* NoBiologicalSex: A character who is genderless.has no gender.
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* NoBiologicalSex: A character who is genderless.
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* DifferentForGirls: A character who is GenderBender or DisguisedInDrag has no idea how to acts as the opposite gender.

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* DifferentForGirls: A character who is GenderBender or DisguisedInDrag has no idea how to acts act as the opposite gender.
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* AlienGenderConfusion: A member of one race has trouble distinguishing the genders of another.
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* IntersexTribulations: A character is troubled due to being intersex.
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* NonHumanNonBinary: A non-binary character is also a non-human character.
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* TransRelationshipTroubles: Being transgender causes difficulties with your romantic life.
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%%* GenderBentAlternateUniverse: An AlternateUniverse where everyone's counterparts are of the opposite gender.

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%%* * GenderBentAlternateUniverse: An AlternateUniverse where everyone's counterparts are of the opposite gender.
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* GenderBentAlternateUniverse: An AlternateUniverse where everyone's counterparts are of the opposite gender.

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* %%* GenderBentAlternateUniverse: An AlternateUniverse where everyone's counterparts are of the opposite gender.
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* GenderBentAlternateUniverse: An AlternateUniverse where everyone's counterparts are of the opposite gender.
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* RaisedAsTheOppositeGender
* RecursiveCrossdressing
* RuleSixtyThree
* SamusIsAGirl
* SexShifter
* ShapeshiftingSquick
* ShesAManInJapan
* SobriquetSexSwitch
* SuperGenderBender
* SupernaturallyValidatedTransPerson
* SweetPollyOliver
* SweetOnPollyOliver
* TransEqualsGay
* TransgenderFetishization
* TransNature
* TransTribulations
* {{Transgender}}
* TwelfthNightAdventure
* UnplannedCrossdressing
* UnsettlingGenderReveal
* ViewerGenderConfusion
* WhichRestroomDilemma
* WholesomeCrossdresser
* WrongGeneticSex
* YourTomcatIsPregnant

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* RaisedAsTheOppositeGender
RaisedAsTheOppositeGender: A character is raised as if they were the opposite gender.
* RecursiveCrossdressing
RecursiveCrossdressing: A character or actor disguises their gender.
* RuleSixtyThree
RuleSixtyThree: For every character there is a [[GenderFlip gender flipped]] version of that character.
* SamusIsAGirl
SamusIsAGirl: A character who wears bulky armor or baggy robes is revealed to be female.
* SexShifter
SexShifter: A species that is capable of changing sex.
* ShapeshiftingSquick
ShapeshiftingSquick: A shapeshifting character uses their powers to improve their love life, which can often lead to squicky situations.
* ShesAManInJapan
ShesAManInJapan: A translation of a work changes a character's gender.
* SobriquetSexSwitch
SobriquetSexSwitch: A character, whether it be [[GenderBender gender bending]] or [[{{Crossdresser}} crossdressing]], goes by a name derived from their old one.
* SuperGenderBender
SuperGenderBender: A character gains superpowers that also changes their gender.
* SupernaturallyValidatedTransPerson
SupernaturallyValidatedTransPerson: Supernatural happenings confirm that a transgender person is the gender they identify with, beyond all reasonable doubt.
* SweetPollyOliver
SweetPollyOliver: A woman disguises herself as a man to achieve a certain purpose.
* SweetOnPollyOliver
SweetOnPollyOliver: A male is attracted to a girl pretending to be a guy.
* TransEqualsGay
TransEqualsGay: The misconception that being {{Transgender}} is merely taking homosexuality one step further.
* TransgenderFetishization
TransgenderFetishization: A non-gender-conforming character is hypersexualized by the story.
* TransNature
TransNature: A character is uncomfortable with whatever role they've been born into or assigned to and wish to change it.
* TransTribulations
TransTribulations: A transgender character faces internal and external drama.
* {{Transgender}}
{{Transgender}}: Identifying with a gender other than the one you've been assigned to at birth.
* TwelfthNightAdventure
TwelfthNightAdventure: A character becomes a WholesomeCrossdresser to integrate himself/herself into the setting.
* UnplannedCrossdressing
UnplannedCrossdressing: A character ends up crossdressing through desperation or ignorance.
* UnsettlingGenderReveal
UnsettlingGenderReveal: A character has a negative reaction upon finding out the true gender of the person they were romantically attracted to.
* ViewerGenderConfusion
ViewerGenderConfusion: The result of a character with an ambiguous or misleading appearance confusing the casual audience as to the character's true gender.
* WhichRestroomDilemma
WhichRestroomDilemma: A character can't decide to use the men's or the women's restroom, or doesn't know which is which.
* WholesomeCrossdresser
WholesomeCrossdresser: Crossdressing characters who are presented in a positive way.
* WrongGeneticSex
WrongGeneticSex: A character's genetic sex doesn't match their actual gender.
* YourTomcatIsPregnantYourTomcatIsPregnant: A pet that is thought to be a boy turns out to be a girl...and pregnant.
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* {{Hermaphrodite}}
* HistoricalGenderFlip
* IncrediblyConspicuousDrag
* InTouchWithHisFeminineSide
* JumpingTheGenderBarrier
* LadyLooksLikeADude

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* {{Hermaphrodite}}
{{Hermaphrodite}}: A character who has no defining gender.
* HistoricalGenderFlip
HistoricalGenderFlip: A historical or mythical character is depicted as the opposite gender in a work of fiction.
* IncrediblyConspicuousDrag
IncrediblyConspicuousDrag: A man in drag who doesn't look like an attractive woman.
* InTouchWithHisFeminineSide
InTouchWithHisFeminineSide: A male who enjoys feminine things.
* JumpingTheGenderBarrier
JumpingTheGenderBarrier: A character's sexual preferences change when they undergo a GenderBender.
* LadyLooksLikeADudeLadyLooksLikeADude: A female character who looks like a male.



** FirstLawOfGenderBending
** SecondLawOfGenderBending
** ThirdLawOfGenderBending
* LightGirlDarkBoy
* MakeoverTorment
* ManIFeelLikeAWoman
* ManInABikini
* MasculineFeminineGayCouple
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy
* MisterSeahorse
* MultiGenderedSplitPersonalities
* OldFriendNewGender
* OppositeSexClone
* OtherworldlyAndSexuallyAmbiguous
* OtokonokoGenre

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** FirstLawOfGenderBending
FirstLawOfGenderBending: A character who has their gender changed will often fail to change back.
** SecondLawOfGenderBending
SecondLawOfGenderBending: A character who has their gender changed will start to enjoy their new life.
** ThirdLawOfGenderBending
ThirdLawOfGenderBending: Characters undergoing a gender change usually take on stereotypes of their new gender.
* LightGirlDarkBoy
LightGirlDarkBoy: During gender flipping, girls will have lighter hair and skin, and boys will have darker features in contrast.
* MakeoverTorment
MakeoverTorment: A masculine guy is humiliated by being given a girly makeover.
* ManIFeelLikeAWoman
ManIFeelLikeAWoman: A male character changes into a female and [[ADateWithRosiePalms examines]] their new body.
* ManInABikini
ManInABikini: A man wears a woman's bikini.
* MasculineFeminineGayCouple
MasculineFeminineGayCouple: Same-sex couple where one partner is more masculine/feminine than the other.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy
MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: A feminine male and a masculine female are featured together.
* MisterSeahorse
MisterSeahorse: A male character becomes pregnant.
* MultiGenderedSplitPersonalities
MultiGenderedSplitPersonalities: A character has a split personality that is featured as the opposite gender.
* OldFriendNewGender
OldFriendNewGender: An old friend that you haven't seen in a while has had a sex change.
* OppositeSexClone
OppositeSexClone: A character has a clone of themselves that is the opposite gender.
* OtherworldlyAndSexuallyAmbiguous
OtherworldlyAndSexuallyAmbiguous: A demon, god, or otherworldly being or creature who has no defining gender.
* OtokonokoGenreOtokonokoGenre: A Japanese genre for men, focusing on romantic or erotic situations involving AttractiveBentGender male [[{{Crossdresser}} Crossdressers]].
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* AmbiguousGender
* AmbiguousGenderIdentity
* AnimalGenderBender
* AttractiveBentGender
* {{Bifauxnen}}
* TheCoverChangesTheGender
* CreepyCrossdresser
* CrosscastRole
* {{Crossdresser}}
* CrossdressingVoices
* CrossPlayer
* DifferentForGirls
* DisguisedInDrag

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* AmbiguousGender
AmbiguousGender: Characters whose true gender is kept deliberately ambiguous.
* AmbiguousGenderIdentity
AmbiguousGenderIdentity: Characters whose gender identity is left vague.
* AnimalGenderBender
AnimalGenderBender: An animal has sexually dimorphic traits that don't apply to their gender.
* AttractiveBentGender
AttractiveBentGender: A character looks attractive when disguised as a member of the opposite sex.
* {{Bifauxnen}}
{{Bifauxnen}}: A woman who could, from the way she looks and dresses, pass for an attractive man.
* TheCoverChangesTheGender
TheCoverChangesTheGender: A song cover changes the gender of the original song's viewpoint character.
* CreepyCrossdresser
CreepyCrossdresser: A character who does not look good in drag.
* CrosscastRole
CrosscastRole: A role that is played by an actor of the opposite gender.
* {{Crossdresser}}
{{Crossdresser}}: Dressing in clothing of the opposite sex.
* CrossdressingVoices
CrossdressingVoices: Voice actors playing characters of the opposite gender.
* CrossPlayer
CrossPlayer: A person who likes roleplaying as the opposite sex.
* DifferentForGirls
DifferentForGirls: A character who is GenderBender or DisguisedInDrag has no idea how to acts as the opposite gender.
* DisguisedInDragDisguisedInDrag: A man disguises himself by dressing up as a woman.



* DistaffCounterpart
* DragQueen
* DraggedIntoDrag
* DudeLooksLikeALady
* EasySexChange
* GenderBender
* GenderBenderAngst
* GenderBenderFriendship
* GenderBlenderName
* GenderedOutfit
* GenderFlip
* GenderMisdirection
* GenderNeutralNarrator

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* DistaffCounterpart
DistaffCounterpart: A new character that's similar to the original character, just the opposite gender.
* DragQueen
DragQueen: A man who wears women's clothing only on special occasions.
* DraggedIntoDrag
DraggedIntoDrag: A man who is forced into women's clothing.
* DudeLooksLikeALady
DudeLooksLikeALady: A male character gets mistaken as female despite putting no effort to look feminine.
* EasySexChange
EasySexChange: Unrealistically fast and easy sex change.
* GenderBender
GenderBender: Being transformed into a member of the opposite sex.
* GenderBenderAngst
GenderBenderAngst: A gender bender character who is not happy with their new sex.
* GenderBenderFriendship
GenderBenderFriendship: Character befriends their LoveInterest while masquerading as the opposite sex.
* GenderBlenderName
GenderBlenderName: Character's name is typical for the opposite gender.
* GenderedOutfit
GenderedOutfit: When an OppositeSexClone, DistaffCounterpart, or GenderBender wears an opposite-gender version of an established outfit.
* GenderFlip
GenderFlip: Re-envisioning a story with one or more characters as the opposite gender.
* GenderMisdirection
GenderMisdirection: A character is mistaken for the opposite gender due to being referred to by gender-neutral nouns and honorifics.
* GenderNeutralNarratorGenderNeutralNarrator: The narrator's gender is ambiguous.



* HarmlessLadyDisguise

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* HarmlessLadyDisguiseHarmlessLadyDisguise: A man disguises himself as a lady to avoid suspicion.
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* GenderBenderAngst
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* InTouchWithHisFeminineSide
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* SupernaturallyValidatedTransPerson
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* MasculineFeminineGayCouple
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