History Sandbox / TransgenderExampleSorting

* ''WebVideo/{{Coupleish}}'' stars two siblings (Dee and Amy) who go out looking for a third roommate. Their new roommate Rachel pretended to be Dee's partner in order to avoid being deported to Britain. The two begin to [[TheBeard pretend to be]] a couple and that's the start of the rom-com series. Dee is nonbinary. '''Possibly a Trans Work, since main character is nonbinary.'''

* TransgenderFetishization

* "Trans Sex Worker": A trans character does sex work. Related to TransgenderFetishization.

* ''Film/{{Transamerica}}'' is a film centering on a transgender woman, played by [[WTHCastingAgency the cisgender Felicity Huffman]].

* ''Film/EscapeFromLA'' reveals that Hershe Las Palmas is, in fact, a trans woman and an old associate of Snake's originally named "Carjack" Malone.

* Film/SpaceSweepers combines this with BecomeARealBoy(er, girl in this case) in the form of Bubs. As a robot, Bubs technically doesn’t have a gender in the first place, but at one point is seen longingly looking at women in facial reconstruction advertisements. When Kot-nim calls her a big sister, her cheeks [[LuminescentBlush literally light up]] under her faceplate. At the end of the film, she gets her body rebuilt into a feminine, human-looking form and has plans on changing her [[BadassBaritone voice]] to match.

* In ''ComicBook/YTheLastMan'', trans men are widely accepted in the post-{{Gendercide}} world as a way of avoiding SitSexuality (except by the man-hating Daughters of the Amazon who are likely to kill them on sight). The eponymous protagonist is often mistaken for one at first glance, due to [[LastOfHisKind his situation]]. Presumably transgender women died when the men died because the virus specifically affected the Y chromosome, but this isn't explicitly stated. '''Mistaken For Trans'''

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* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'': Both Anode and Lug are trans women, having been assigned male when they were constructed on Cybertron. Anode had her chassis rebuilt, giving her the appearance of a {{Fembot}} with a BareYourMidriff design; Lug didn't feel the need, meaning that she looks like she's made entirely from boxes.

* ''Film/TheyThem'': The protagonist, Ash, is nonbinary. The film follows them as they try to come to terms with their gender, on top of experiencing transphobic bullying while doing so.

%%* The Music/{{Scorpions}} hit "He's A Woman, She's A Man".

* Marisa Rahm, the lead character of Creator/MilestoneComics' ''Deathwish'' miniseries, is a realistically-portrayed trans woman police detective. The series was written by Creator/MaddieBlaustein (better known as the voice of Meowth from ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}''[[note]]Dat's right![[/note]]), who was transgender herself.

* ''Series/{{Euphoria}}'':

* Kitty Minx of ''Theatre/LoveInHateNation'' is a trans girl in the [=1960s=] who was sent to the reformatory at the request of her wealthy family. Her song "Masochist" is about how beautiful she finds herself despite everybody telling her her transness is a product of self-hate. In the original Two River Theatre production, she was played by trans woman Emerson Mae Smith. '''TransTribulations, Out And Proud, QueerCharacterQueerActor'''

* Madeline in ''Videogame/{{Celeste}}'' is clearly hinted in-game to be a transgender woman in multiple places, although her being trans was disputed until developer Maddy Thorson confirmed outright it after themself coming out as trans ([[https://maddythorson.medium.com/is-madeline-canonically-trans-4277ece02e40 noting that, as trans fans suspected, it wasn't even supposed to be ambiguous]]). '''Simply Trans'''

* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyZPId4VVnM Sam's Story]]'' is an animated short based on a toy. It's about a young trans boy named Sam. '''TransTribulations with some [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/discussion.php?id=u7o94dqbemraypss6erdocw5 Queer Since Childhood]] elements'''

* ''WebVideo/{{Coupleish}}'' stars two siblings (Dee and Amy) who go out looking for a third roommate. Their new roommate Rachel pretended to be Dee's partner in order to avoid being deported to Britain. The two begin to [[TheBeard pretend to be]] a couple and that's the start of the rom-com series. Dee is nonbinary.

* A [[CanonForeigner comic original character]] named Blaze from ''ComicBook/JemAndTheHolograms'' is a trans woman. She's a musician and a huge fan of The Misfits, which results in her [[spoiler:becoming an {{Ascended Fan|boy}}girl after Pizzazz's larynx is injured and she's hired as a temporary lead singer.]] She's also Clash's, The Misfits' resident {{groupie}}, girlfriend.

* A U.K. commercial for Starbucks features a trans teen being called his dead name throughout his day, until he goes to Starbucks and asks them to put his actual name, James, on the cup, making him smile for the first time all day. '''TransTribulations, Gender Euphoria Moment, Deadname Angst'''

* ''ComicBook/TheAccords'' features two trans heroes, trans woman Segura and trans man Sire.

* Alisa Yeoh, a supporting character and Barbara Gordon's roommate in ''[[{{Comicbook/Batgirl 2011}} Batgirl]]'' is a trans woman as revealed in issue 19. Though reported by multiple media outlets as "the first" transgender character in a superhero comic, author Creator/GailSimone has repeatedly stated that this is not the case, as the ''Sandman'' example and others show.

* In Creator/DCComics' ''Very Merry Multiverse'' #1, Kid Quick, the [[GenderBentAlternateUniverse Earth-11]] counterpart of Kid Flash, is non-binary. In the ''Comicbook/DCFutureState'' future, they become the mainstream universe's Flash.

** Alison Bechdel's ''ComicStrip/DykesToWatchOutFor'' started by introducing a trans woman character named Jillian who hung out for a few strips.
** A trans man character named Jerry was introduced; Lois developed a crush on him, which later moved on to a fairly durable friendship.

* Kitty Minx of ''Theatre/LoveInHateNation'' is a trans girl in the [=1960s=] who was sent to the reformatory at the request of her wealthy family. Her song "Masochist" is about how beautiful she finds herself despite everybody telling her her transness is a product of self-hate. In the original Two River Theatre production, she was played by trans woman Emerson Mae Smith. '''TransTribulations'''

* Madeline in ''Videogame/{{Celeste}}'' is clearly hinted in-game to be a transgender woman in multiple places, although her being trans was disputed until developer Maddy Thorson confirmed outright it after themself coming out as trans ([[https://maddythorson.medium.com/is-madeline-canonically-trans-4277ece02e40 noting that, as trans fans suspected, it wasn't even supposed to be ambiguous]]).

* "Deadname Angst" or "Birthname Angst": A character (usually trans but may apply to other characters who hate their birthname) shows significant distress at being deadnamed. A subtrope of TransTribulations and related trope to MaliciousMisnaming / AccidentalMisnaming.

* Done once on ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'' but pulled off with even less tact than the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' example below. The episode doesn't even try to portray Auntie Momma (yes, that's the character's name), originally Uncle Kevin, in a positive light, portraying her as someone who "manipulates" straight men into loving her and being called a "guy pretending to be a woman." At least with ''Family Guy'', there was an attempt at sensitivity and understanding, however clumsy.

** Quagmire's Navy war hero father, Dan, undergoes surgery to become Ida, much to Quagmire's chagrin. Having bungled a GayAesop in a previous episode, the writers tried to make the character sympathetic, but still trotted out the old jokes (including an UnsettlingGenderReveal), and earned the ire of quite a few LGBT people. It didn't help that, when she ''wasn't'' acting stereotypical, Ida was a FlatCharacter at best. Seth [=MacFarlane=] then further infuriated the LGBT community by saying that he thought the character was [[http://www.afterelton.com/TV/2010/5/seth-macfarlane-complete-idiot?page=0 "probably the most sympathetic portrayal of a transsexual character that has ever been on television."]] Many took this to be proof that [=MacFarlane=] had never ''seen'' a transgender character on TV.
** The film ''Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story'' had future-Meg going to college and getting a sex change, becoming a man called Ron.

** Mr. Garrison, already a DepravedHomosexual, is this in the least sensitive way possible during Seasons 9-12, first as a straight trans woman and then a PsychoLesbian trans woman, before identifying as a man again.

* Subverted with Dr. Girlfriend in ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' Her [[VocalDissonance deep voice]] makes several characters (and viewers, too) initially suspect this, but really she's just a very heavy smoker.

* "Nonbinary Means Androgyny": The tendency to depict nonbinary characters with an androgynous appearance. A stereotype trope similar to CampGay or ButchLesbian.

* In ''ComicBook/YTheLastMan'', trans men are widely accepted in the post-{{Gendercide}} world as a way of avoiding SitSexuality (except by the man-hating Daughters of the Amazon who are likely to kill them on sight). The eponymous protagonist is often mistaken for one at first glance, due to [[LastOfHisKind his situation]]. Presumably transgender women died when the men died because the virus specifically affected the Y chromosome, but this isn't explicitly stated.

* ''Film/PrincessCyd'': {{Discussed}}. Cyd mentions Katie was mistaken for male, and Miranda suggests maybe she is. This doesn't seem to be the case, but they're completely comfortable with the idea.

* ''Butterfly'' is all about 11-year-old Max transitioning into a girl called Maxine.
* An episode of ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'' plays it surprisingly straight [[ActorSharedBackground (no pun intended) ]] and gently. As the family gathers for their end-of-day rooftop debriefing, Sally ponders her experience with a gay man who mistook her for a transvestite. "Remember when we said that two sexes must be so limiting? I think Glenn found a loophole." Sally herself was male on their homeworld as well, assigned a female disguise for their mission on Earth. She gets used to the idea a lot faster than Tommy, who is ReallySevenHundredYearsOld, does as being a teenager.

* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': The episode "[=LGBSteve=]" has Hayley and Steve join a female roller derby team, who mistake Steve for a ButchLesbian. Steve goes along with this in order to get touchy-feely with the girls. Hayley eventually has enough of her brother's perving and exposes Steve (literally by pulling his pants down to reveal his taped-up crotch) as a male to the rest of the team. The girls had long since figured out that Steve is a biological male and assumed he was transgender. Hayley is kicked off the team for her treatment of Steve and begins to believe she's transphobic, while Steve begins to wonder if he really is transgender since he was a lot more confident around girls while while pretending to be one (and, as pointed out by the team, he can be attracted to girls and still be trans). He isn't transgender, but both he and Hayley are able to make peace with themselves, each other and the roller derby team. '''Transgender Facade'''

* Brother Ken from ''WesternAnimation/BroTown'' is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fa%27afafine Fa'afafine,]] a Samoan term referring to being born biologically male but embodying both male and female traits.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/CaptainSturdy'' Creator/AdultSwim pilot ''Captain Sturdy: The Originals'', it is established that Captain Sturdy's teammate Commander Guts has undergone a sex change and now goes by Brianna.

* ''WesternAnimation/CraigOfTheCreek'': Pullstring, of the Plush Kids, using "they/them" pronouns.

** In "Lisa's First Word" when discussing saving money Homer says Bart can sleep with them until he's 21 just like his cousin Frank. When Marge points out that he doesn't have a cousin named Frank he explains that he later became cousin Francine. Unfortunately, the context for this has it implied Frank became Francine because sleeping with his parents for so long warped his mind, and he ultimately joined a cult under the name "Mother Shabubu."
** In "The Otto Show":

** The Season 18 episode "The Cissy" has Cartman declaring himself transgender (all the while mispronouncing it as "Transginger") in order to gain access to the girl's bathroom and eventually his own private bathroom in school. In response, Wendy becomes "Wendyl" in order to point out Cartman's hypocrisy. The B-plot deals with the fact that Randy Marsh is secretly the singer Music/{{Lorde}}, initially using the guise of a woman for the same reason as Cartman. Unlike Cartman however, he eventually develops genuine identity issues.
** The Season 23 episode "Board Girls" tackles the issue of trans women in sports when a character named Heather Swanson, a recently transitioned trans woman, beats Strong Woman and many other women at a series of games. The episode frequently references how difficult it is to address transgender issues without upsetting people. However, the episode implies Heather is not actually a trans woman but one of Strong Woman's exes who is faking the identity to defeat women at sports, and also portrays her(?) as a hypermasculine Wrestling/RandySavage caricature, at one point giving her visible testicles. '''Hypermasculine Trans Woman subverted'''

** Most gems have an AmbiguousGenderIdentity, due to implications that they might not identify as male or female, but use "she/her" pronouns. Fusions involving the half-human and male-identified Steven however seem to be nonbinary and use neutral pronouns. Stevonnie, the fusion of Steven and his female friend Connie, is confirmed by WordOfGod to use "they/them" pronouns. Smoky Quartz, Rainbow Quartz 2.0, and Sunstone, the fusions of Steven and the (presumably female) [[spoiler:Amethyst, Pearl, and Garnet, respectively]] are similar. Unlike other Steven fusions, Rainbow Quartz 2.0 uses both he/him and they/them pronouns while Sunstone uses she/her and they/them. '''NonHumanNonBinary'''
** WordOfGod is that gems aren't female-identified. They're okay with using she/her pronouns and being viewed as female, however most are non-binary women. [[Creator/RebeccaSugar The show creator]] eventually came out as a non-binary woman themself and uses the gems to [[https://io9.gizmodo.com/steven-universes-rebecca-sugar-on-how-she-expresses-her-1827624015 express her own feelings about gender.]]
** [[Recap/StevenUniverseFutureS1E9LittleGraduation "Little Graduation"]] introduces [[spoiler:Sadie’s new non-binary SecondLove, Shep]], who is voiced by non-binary model and actor Indya Moore.

** Bruce is [[SpearCounterpart the reverse of Alice]] and portrayed as overweight and lisping, with an aggressive temper. His personality is delved into less than hers, though he constantly tries to challenge and one-up her in his appearances.

* "Nonbinary Equals Androgyny": The tendency to depict nonbinary characters with an androgynous appearance. A stereotype trope similar to CampGay or ButchLesbian.

* ''Film/RacingDaylight'' has an incredible amount of genderfuck so the audience can draw its own conclusions. The gossip (played by actress Denny Dillon) may be a transgender man. In his previous life, he was the prissy Religious Wife, Henrietta, but Anna said everyone knew Henrietta was a man. The Busy-Body (played by John Seidman) is either a drag queen or a trans woman, and in the past was Henrietta's husband Rev. "Troll-Man" Potts.

* ''Film/ZusAndZo'': About halfway through the movie, Nino says "I don't like my body" and shortly thereafter comes out as transgender. This complicates his upcoming MarriageOfConvenience to a woman, Bo (by the terms of his father's will he has to get married to inherit a $1.9 million hotel).
* ''Film/Normal2003'' is about a middle-aged trans woman named Ruth who comes out to her family after 25 years of marriage.

** Blanche from ''VideoGame/PokemonGo'' is an androgynous individual who is referred to gender neutrally (aside from languages that aren't unisex).

* In ''VideoGame/ReadOnlyMemories'', one of the player's major allies, TOMCAT, identifies as nonbinary (as can the player character, if you so choose).
* Bolt from ''Characters/CryptOfTheNecrodancer'' is nonbinary and goes by they/them.

** It is also strongly [[AmbiguousGenderIdentity implied]] that the [[PlayerCharacter Human Child]], Napstablook, Monster Kid, the Riverperson, and the first human to fall into the Underground, all are (or were) non-binary, as they are exclusively referred to with they/them pronouns, including by loved ones who know them well. The humans' genders (or lack thereof) specifically is still an enormous point of contention inside the fandom as some fans will not consider them as being canonically non-binary without anything less than say-so from Creator/TobyFox himself, but a good explanation of why the above characters can be assumed to be canonically non-binary can be found [[https://suzyundertale.tumblr.com/post/185072983702/non-binary-characters-in-undertale-and-deltarune here]] (warning: link contains MAJOR spoilers for [[MultipleEndings several]] ''Undertale'' endings and the Chapter One ending for ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'').
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' has Pelagos, a male kyrian aspirant who mentions being female in his mortal life in a certain dialogue option in Elysian Hold.

* [[spoiler:Kaine]] in ''VisualNovel/AProfile''. It's handled pretty tactfully and pointed out that it makes things pretty difficult for him. He reacts poorly to the issue when it is mentioned. However, despite mostly being handled well there appears to have been some confusion on the part of the writers between this and [[TransEqualsGay homosexuality]], though it may just be that he simply happens to also be attracted to women. [[spoiler:Kaine is AFAB but never felt like a woman, so he started going to school in male clothing and took male hormones to be more masculine. Kaine continues to be treated as a male and gets more female attention than Masayuki.]]
* Alex Cyprin from ''VisualNovel/AstoriaFatesKiss'' is a non-binary demigod who dresses androgynously and goes by they/them pronouns.

* Avery, the protagonist of ''VisualNovel/HustleCat'' can be played as non-binary; you have the option of "she", "he", and "they" pronouns, and can change them at any time.
* Fran from ''VisualNovel/MissingStars'' is nonbinary. They dress in [[NonUniformUniform the girl's uniform top paired with trousers]]. With their androgynous looks and a voice that is just as neutral, even Fran's friends don't know [[PronounTrouble what to call them]]. Natalya thinks Fran's a girl, her sister Sofiya believes they're a boy, and Erik switches between "she" and "they". Fran is coy on the issue of their gender and lets people use whatever pronouns they want.

* A U.K. commercial for Starbucks features a trans teen being called his dead name throughout his day, until he goes to Starbucks and asks them to put his actual name, James, on the cup, making him smile for the first time all day. '''TransTribulations, Gender Euphoria Moment'''

* "Gender Affirming Ritual": A trans character does a "gender-typical" activity as a sort of initiation ritual.

* A 2019 Gillette's razors ad shows a trans man shaving with his father for the first time. '''Gender Affirming Ritual'''

* Mariah Moreno competes under the name "The Bloodthirsty Vixen" Amanda, and in 2011 became the first transgender Women's Champion with ''WILD Wrestling''. A storyline was started where Amanda defeated then-champion Lucky O'Shea but was disqualified from winning the title when her history was revealed. After making her case to the board, she was granted a rematch.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' has embraced transgender and gender-nonconforming characters in its fifth edition, with a sidebar encouraging players to explore different options of gender expression and identity when creating a new character. ''Waterdeep: Dragon Heist'' feature both a non-binary elf and a trans masculine drow, and ''Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes'' mentions that some elves (including Drow) are born with an innate ability to change gender, which is viewed as a blessing from their god (High and wood-elves do. Drow think it's weird).

* Kitty Minx of ''Theatre/LoveInHateNation'' is a trans girl in the [=1960s=] who was sent to the reformatory at the request of her wealthy family. Her song "Masochist" is about how beautiful she finds herself despite everybody telling her her transness is a product of self-hate. In the original Two River Theatre production, she was played by trans woman Emerson Mae Smith.

** [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Ghost monsters]] gaining corporeal bodies by fusing with their vessels appears [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything deliberately written to evoke transitioning]]. The language used by two ghosts to describe their feelings about seeing their new bodies is dripping with gender euphoria sentiments, and after fusing with their bodies they begin using new names and new pronouns (in the base game, [[spoiler: "Napstablook's cousin" was referred to by his neighbor Undyne with they/them pronouns, ''Mettaton'' is consistently described with he/him pronouns]]; in the updated Switch and Xbox releases, the narration goes from referring to [[spoiler: "the Mad Dummy" exclusively with they/it pronouns, to switching to she/it pronouns for "Mad Mew Mew"; [[https://undertale.com/alarmclock/mettaton/ Mettaton's Winter Clock dialogue]], which takes place after the True Pacifist ending, confirms she uses Mew Mew as her name and she/her pronouns]]).

** Zoe went from an agender EldritchAbomination to a high school girl. WordOfGod is that Zoe's struggles with adapting to being a high school student were explicitly written to draw parallels with a trans girl undergoing her transition. In addition, her voice actor is also a trans woman.[[invoked]]
** Any of the four {{Playable Character}}s can be trans, depending on player choice. While two appear male and two appear female, it's up to the player to decide what gender they are. When selecting a character, you can have your avatar be referred to with male, female, or gender-neutral pronouns (he/him, she/her, they/them), regardless of what they look like.
* In ''VisualNovel/OneNightHotSprings'', the main character is a transgender woman named Haru who struggles with her discomfort about bathing in front of other people at the hot springs.
* ''VisualNovel/SecretLittleHaven'' is all about Alex, a young closeted trans girl, discovering her identity through the fandom of her favorite MagicalGirl anime circa 1999.

* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyZPId4VVnM Sam's Story]]'' is an animated short based on a toy. It's about a young trans boy named Sam.

* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': The episode "[=LGBSteve=]" has Hayley and Steve join a female roller derby team, who mistake Steve for a ButchLesbian. Steve goes along with this in order to get touchy-feely with the girls. Hayley eventually has enough of her brother's perving and exposes Steve (literally by pulling his pants down to reveal his taped-up crotch) as a male to the rest of the team. The girls had long since figured out that Steve is a biological male and assumed he was transgender. Hayley is kicked off the team for her treatment of Steve and begins to believe she's transphobic, while Steve begins to wonder if he really is transgender since he was a lot more confident around girls while while pretending to be one (and, as pointed out by the team, he can be attracted to girls and still be trans). He isn't transgender, but both he and Hayley are able to make peace with themselves, each other and the roller derby team.
* ''WesternAnimation/BigMouth'' has Natalie. Her voice actor is transgender, too.

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': May Marigold was [[https://twitter.com/kdinjenzen/status/1206990507584262144 confirmed]] to be the first onscreen trans character in the show.